The UFC’s owners at TKO Group Holdings announced dividend payouts to stockholders for the first quarter of 2026 that should total approximately $150 million.
The dividend payouts are made to Class A stockholders in the company following another successful year for the company after reporting over $4.7 billion in revenue in 2025. As a result, TKO’s board of directors approved a dividend payout for the first quarter in 2026 with Class A stockholders earning $0.78 per share.
The payouts will go out to shareholders on March 31.
TKO has continued to report record revenue year after year with both the UFC and WWE producing solid returns for 2025. The company is poised for an even bigger 2026, especially after the UFC inked a massive seven year, $7.7 billion deal to move to Paramount.
That broadcast deal was worth more than double the previous partnership at ESPN. TKO is also benefitting from the launch of Zuffa Boxing, which also has a broadcast deal at Paramount with the company allocating no funding whatsoever for the promotion with SELA — an arm of the Saudi Arabian government — financially backing the entity.
But TKO receives a per event fee for promoting, marketing and running Zuffa Boxing, which is another profit earner for the company.
As a result, TKO is targeting revenue for 2026 at $5.675 billion to $5.775 billion.
Numerous fighters have complained that pay in the UFC hasn’t changed much since the Paramount deal kicked off in January, although the promotion did double the post-fight bonuses from $50,000 to $100,000 and also introduced a $25,000 finish bonus.
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