How to Watch UFC and Pay-Per-View Events in Canada in 2026

To watch UFC in Canada in 2026 you need two pieces. Sportsnet carries the Fight Night cards and the prelims of every numbered event in English, and TVA Sports does the same in French. The main card of each numbered event, such as UFC 333 on October 24, is still sold here as a pay-per-view, at $69.99 per event through Sportsnet+, UFC Fight Pass and Canadian TV providers. The early prelims stream on UFC Fight Pass.

That arrangement has an end date. From 2027, Paramount+ becomes the Canadian home of every numbered main card at no extra cost, which ends UFC pay-per-view in Canada. This guide covers who shows what for the rest of 2026, what a year of fights really costs, when the next cards start in each time zone, and where an IPTV plan fits, since IPTV MN includes premium PPV events with every plan.

The short answer

• Fight Nights and prelims: Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ in English, TVA Sports in French. If you already get Sportsnet, you already have most of the UFC calendar.
• Numbered main cards: pay-per-view at $69.99 per event in 2026, sold through Sportsnet+, UFC Fight Pass and TV providers such as Bell, Rogers and SaskTel.
• Early prelims: UFC Fight Pass.
• From 2027: Paramount+ carries all 13 numbered main cards a year in Canada at no extra cost, under a six-year deal announced in June. Sportsnet and TVA Sports keep the prelims and the Fight Nights.
• The UFC is not on TSN any more. The Canadian rights moved to Sportsnet and TVA Sports in 2024.
• Start times: a 9:00 pm Eastern main card is 6:00 pm in Vancouver and 10:30 pm in St. John’s. Cards from the Middle East land on a Saturday afternoon instead.
• Where IPTV fits: every IPTV MN plan includes premium PPV events, alongside every Sportsnet regional feed, TVA Sports and Fight Network, from $17 for a month or $77 for a year. The legal position is set out further down, and it is worth reading.

Who shows the UFC in Canada in 2026?

Sportsnet is the UFC’s English-language broadcaster in Canada, and TVA Sports is its French-language partner. The current agreement began in January 2024 with UFC 297 in Toronto. TSN held the rights for most of the previous decade, which is why plenty of fans still scroll through the TSN feeds on a Saturday night out of habit.

What you want to watch	Where it is in Canada, 2026	What it costs
UFC Fight Night cards	Sportsnet, Sportsnet+, TVA Sports	Included with those channels
Prelims of numbered events	Sportsnet, Sportsnet+, TVA Sports	Included with those channels
Early prelims	UFC Fight Pass	A Fight Pass subscription
Numbered event main cards	Pay-per-view through Sportsnet+, UFC Fight Pass or your TV provider	$69.99 per event
The Paramount+ coverage advertised on American TV	United States only in 2026	Not available to Canadian viewers
Numbered main cards from 2027	Paramount+ in Canada	Included in a Paramount+ plan

One wrinkle is worth knowing. When the Sportsnet deal was announced, UFC Fight Pass also kept a set of Fight Night cards each year as its own exclusives. If a Fight Night does not appear anywhere in the Sportsnet listings, check Fight Pass before you assume it is not on.

The American deal does not cover Canada

Since January 2026, every numbered UFC event in the United States has streamed on Paramount+ with no pay-per-view at all, under a seven-year agreement. It is advertised heavily on the American channels many Canadians watch, so a lot of fans have assumed it applies here. In 2026 it does not. Canada sits outside that agreement, which is why the same UFC 333 main card that is included in an American Paramount+ subscription costs $69.99 on this side of the border.

Sports rights are sold country by country, and the brand you see most often is frequently not the one that holds the Canadian licence. Formula 1 fans ran into exactly the same problem this season with an American streaming deal, as our guide to watching F1 in Canada explains.

How much does UFC pay-per-view cost in Canada?

A numbered main card costs $69.99 in Canada in 2026, the figure reported in June when the move to Paramount+ was announced. There are three licensed places to buy one:

• Sportsnet+. Buy the event in the app or on the website. The prelims and the Fight Nights come with a Sportsnet+ subscription, and the main card is a separate purchase on top.
• UFC Fight Pass. The UFC’s own service, listed at $10.99 a month or $61.99 a year earlier this season. It gives you the early prelims, a large archive of past fights and the exclusive Fight Nights, and it sells the main card as a separate purchase.
• Your TV provider. Bell, Rogers, SaskTel and other providers sell the main card through the receiver’s pay-per-view menu. Check yours for the exact price and the ordering steps.

Order before the main card starts, not at the walk-out. A sign-in or payment problem is easy to sort out at 8:30 pm and stressful at 11:45, with the champion already in the cage.

What a full year of UFC really costs

The UFC stages roughly one numbered event a month, and the new Canadian deal counts 13 a year. A fan who buys every one at $69.99 spends $909.87, before paying anything to see the Fight Nights and the prelims.

A year of UFC in Canada	What you see	Yearly cost
Every numbered main card on pay-per-view	13 main cards	$909.87
The four biggest cards on pay-per-view	4 main cards	$279.96
UFC Fight Pass, annual plan	Early prelims and the archive, no main cards	$61.99
Paramount+ from 2027, lowest tier	Every numbered main card	$95.88 at the price announced
IPTV MN, 12 months, one screen	Sportsnet feeds, TVA Sports, Fight Network and premium PPV events	$77

The pay-per-view rows leave something out: the Sportsnet channels that carry the prelims and the Fight Nights. Most households get those through a cable package at $85 to $130 a month once the introductory price ends, which puts a fan who buys every card at roughly $1,930 to $2,470 a year. Our line-by-line breakdown of a real cable bill shows where that money goes.

What changes in 2027: Paramount+ and the end of UFC pay-per-view

On June 4, 2026, Paramount and the UFC announced a six-year Canadian agreement that starts in 2027. The UFC’s official announcement sets out the core of it: Paramount+ becomes the exclusive Canadian home of all 13 numbered main cards each year, live, at no additional cost to subscribers.

What it means in practice:

• For the rest of 2026, nothing changes. UFC 333, 334 and 335 are all pay-per-view in Canada at $69.99.
• Sportsnet and TVA Sports stay. They keep the prelims of numbered events and the Fight Night cards, about 30 of them a year, so you will still want Sportsnet in 2027.
• The price of a complete licensed setup falls sharply. Paramount+ plans started at $7.99 a month when the deal was announced. Thirteen main cards for under $100 a year replaces thirteen purchases at $69.99.
• The details are still to come. The first events to stream on Paramount+ in Canada are due to be confirmed later in 2026, and streaming prices in Canada have changed several times in the past two years.

If you buy two or three cards a year, waiting for January is a perfectly sensible plan. If you watch every event, the next three months are the last stretch of paying per card.

What time does UFC start in Canada?

Every UFC event runs in three parts. The early prelims open the night, the prelims follow, and the main card closes it, with the main event last. The main event usually starts somewhere between two and three hours after the main card begins, sooner when the earlier fights end early and later when they go the distance.

North American numbered events in late 2026 follow a simple pattern: early prelims at 5:00 pm Eastern, prelims at 7:00 pm and the main card at 9:00 pm. Las Vegas Fight Nights start their coverage at 5:00 pm and the main card at 8:00 pm Eastern. From November 1, when Canada returns to standard time, a numbered card lands like this:

Part of the card	St. John’s	Halifax	Toronto, Montreal	Winnipeg, Regina	Calgary, Edmonton	Vancouver
Early prelims	6:30 pm	6:00 pm	5:00 pm	4:00 pm	3:00 pm	2:00 pm
Prelims	8:30 pm	8:00 pm	7:00 pm	6:00 pm	5:00 pm	4:00 pm
Main card	10:30 pm	10:00 pm	9:00 pm	8:00 pm	7:00 pm	6:00 pm

The pattern favours the west. In Vancouver the main card is a dinner-time event, and the main event usually starts by about 9:00 pm. In St. John’s the main card starts at 10:30 pm, and a main event can run past one in the morning. Halifax sits in between, late but manageable.

Saskatchewan moves without moving

Saskatchewan does not change its clocks, so its place in this table changes twice a year. Until November 1, a fan in Regina sees the same start times as Calgary: an 8:00 pm Eastern Fight Night main card is a 6:00 pm start. From November 1 the province lines up with Winnipeg instead, and a 9:00 pm Eastern main card starts at 8:00 pm. Newfoundland’s half-hour offset is the other trap, since most listings quote Eastern time and leave you to add ninety minutes. A programme guide that handles all six Canadian zones, half-hour offset included, takes the arithmetic away; the coverage page explains how that works on the IPTV side.

Cards from the Middle East run in the afternoon

When the UFC goes to Abu Dhabi or Doha, the schedule flips. UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on October 24 starts its early prelims at 10:00 am Eastern, its prelims at noon and its main card at 2:00 pm. That is an 11:00 am main card in Vancouver and a 3:30 pm one in St. John’s, which makes it the most watchable title fight of the autumn for most of the country.

The next UFC cards in Canadian time

These are the next confirmed events on the UFC’s official schedule, with the main card start in Eastern and Pacific time. Times change with the clocks on November 1, and the table already allows for that.

Date	Event	Type	Main card, Eastern	Main card, Pacific
Sat, Oct 10	Fight Night: Allen vs. Duncan, Las Vegas	Fight Night	8:00 pm	5:00 pm
Sat, Oct 17	Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott, Edmonton	Fight Night	8:00 pm	5:00 pm
Sat, Oct 24	UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev, Abu Dhabi	Numbered, pay-per-view	2:00 pm	11:00 am
Sat, Nov 14	UFC 334: Gane vs. Hokit, New York	Numbered, pay-per-view	9:00 pm	6:00 pm
Sat, Dec 12	UFC 335: Oliveira vs. Lopes, Las Vegas	Numbered, pay-per-view	9:00 pm	6:00 pm

Three cards stand out for Canadian viewers.

Edmonton, October 17. The UFC comes to Rogers Place with Mike Malott of Fonthill, Ontario, facing Joaquin Buckley in the main event, and Niagara’s Jasmine Jasudavicius against Erin Blanchfield in the co-main. Coverage starts at 3:00 pm Mountain with the early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, and the main card begins at 6:00 pm. It is a Fight Night, so there is no pay-per-view: the prelims and the main card are on Sportsnet and TVA Sports.

UFC 333, October 24. Alexander Volkanovski defends the featherweight title against Movsar Evloev, with Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili meeting for the bantamweight title in the co-main. It is a Saturday afternoon event across Canada, and a pay-per-view.

UFC 334, November 14. Madison Square Garden hosts Ciryl Gane against Josh Hokit for the heavyweight title, with Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes in the co-main. A 9:00 pm Eastern main card puts it at 6:00 pm on the west coast.

Further Fight Nights are scheduled for October 31, November 7 and November 21, the last of them in Doha. Fight cards change often, through injuries, missed weight and short-notice replacements, so treat any bout in this table as the plan rather than a promise and check the official schedule in the week of the event.

How do I watch UFC without cable?

There are four realistic setups, and the right one depends on how many events you actually watch.

Sportsnet+ on its own. The Fight Nights and the prelims come with the subscription, and you buy each numbered main card in the app at $69.99. It is the simplest licensed setup for a regular viewer who wants English commentary and nothing else.

UFC Fight Pass. Best for the hardcore fan who wants the early prelims, the exclusive Fight Nights and the archive. It does not include the numbered main cards, which are a separate purchase.

Paramount+ and Sportsnet, from 2027. Once the new deal starts, this pairing covers the whole UFC calendar under licence for a fraction of this year’s cost.

An IPTV plan. IPTV MN carries Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific, Sportsnet One, 360 and World, TVA Sports and TVA Sports 2, and Fight Network, the Canadian combat-sports channel. Every plan includes premium PPV events, and the service lists numbered UFC cards, Fight Nights and the major boxing events among them. The full published lineup is on the channels list, and it is worth checking against your own must-haves before you spend anything. If one particular event is the reason you are buying, ask live support to confirm it before you pay rather than assuming.

The same Sportsnet feeds carry most of the NHL’s regional games, so for a household that follows hockey as well as fights, one login covers both. Our guide to the NHL’s 2026-27 season in Canada shows which feed carries which team.

The plans are $17 for one month on one screen, $27 for three months, $47 for six and $77 for twelve, which works out to $6.42 a month. Two screens for a year are $127, useful when the fight is on in the living room and someone else wants the hockey in the basement. Payment is by Interac e-Transfer from your own bank app in Canadian dollars, there is no auto-renewal, and the IPTV subscription page sets out exactly what you receive. The full list is on the pricing page.

Is watching UFC this way legal in Canada?

For the UFC itself, the licensed Canadian routes are clear. Sportsnet and TVA Sports hold the broadcast rights, and Sportsnet+, UFC Fight Pass and Canadian TV providers are the licensed sellers of each pay-per-view. From 2027, Paramount+ joins them for the numbered main cards.

For IPTV in general, the technology is legal, and it is what Canadian carriers use for their own television. Bell Fibe TV and Rogers Ignite TV are both IPTV, so internet delivery is the mainstream method in Canada; the what is IPTV page explains how it works. What matters legally is the licensing of the content a particular service carries, not the delivery method. IPTV MN supplies network access and reseller services and does not host, record or broadcast any media itself. Subscribers are responsible for making sure their own viewing complies with the Copyright Act and the Broadcasting Act of Canada. The full position is set out in our disclaimer.

What about boxing and other pay-per-view events?

Boxing is far more fragmented than the UFC. There is no single promotion and no single broadcaster, so each big fight goes wherever its promoter sold it. DAZN sells many of the biggest cards as pay-per-views and bundles them into its top subscription tier, while general streaming services have staged major fights inside an ordinary subscription at no extra charge. The price of a big boxing night in Canada therefore changes from fight to fight, so check the platform holding that event before fight night, not during the ring walks. If a specific boxing card is your reason for considering IPTV MN, ask live support whether it is in the lineup before you pay.

Setting up for fight night

A fight night is a long evening of live television, often six hours from the first prelim to the main event, so it rewards a little preparation.

1. Install the app on the television you will actually watch. The installation guides cover every common device, including the Amazon Fire TV Stick, Android TV, Apple TV, Samsung smart TVs and LG smart TVs. Each takes about five minutes.
2. Run an Ethernet cable to that television. A crowded Wi-Fi network on a Saturday night is the most common reason a stream stutters during a scramble on the mat.
3. Test on a live card first. Ask for a 24-hour trial on the free trial page; no card is needed. The Fight Night on October 10 or the Edmonton card a week later is an ideal test, because it is the same kind of evening as a pay-per-view.
4. Build a favourites list. Put your regional Sportsnet feed, TVA Sports and Fight Network at the top, so finding the prelims takes one press.
5. Check the programme guide’s time zone. Make sure the guide shows your local time, not Eastern, especially in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland, and open the stream ten minutes before the main card rather than at the walk-out.

Budget roughly 8 to 12 Mbps per screen for HD, 15 to 20 Mbps for Full HD and 25 to 40 Mbps for 4K. Each Mbps of streaming uses about 0.45 GB an hour, so a full numbered card in HD at 10 Mbps, early prelims to main event, is roughly 30 GB, and the main card on its own is closer to 14 GB. On an unlimited plan that does not matter; on a capped rural plan it does. If the picture does stutter, the buffering fixes guide works through the causes in order rather than guessing.

Five Canadian fight fans, five setups

A fan in Edmonton with tickets for October 17. They will be at Rogers Place for the Malott card, but they also want UFC 333 the following Saturday afternoon and the Oilers on Sportsnet West the rest of the week. Setup: a twelve-month IPTV plan, with catch-up TV for watching the Fight Night again at home. See IPTV in Edmonton.

A francophone couple in Montreal. They want French commentary on every card, and TVA Sports is the French home of the UFC in Canada. Setup: TVA Sports for the Fight Nights and prelims, through IPTV or their TV provider, and a decision on the main cards that gets easier in 2027. See IPTV in Montreal.

A night owl in St. John’s. A 10:30 pm main card means the main event can end after one in the morning. Setup: whichever service they choose, plus catch-up TV, so the main event can wait until Sunday breakfast without spoilers. See IPTV in St. John’s.

A family in Vancouver. Main cards start at 6:00 pm, which turns fight night into a dinner event, and UFC 333 is an 11:00 am Saturday start. Setup: a two-screen IPTV year at $127, so the fight and the cartoons can run at the same time. See IPTV in Vancouver.

A casual fan in Toronto who watches two cards a year. They care about UFC 334 at Madison Square Garden and one summer card, and nothing else. Setup: buy those two pay-per-views at $69.99 each, or wait for Paramount+ in 2027. Selling this person a year of anything would be selling them too much. If their viewing widens, IPTV in Toronto sets out the local picture.

Who this is not for

An honest guide has to say where the answer is no.

• You watch one or two cards a year. Buy those pay-per-views, or watch at a sports bar. A subscription of any kind is more than you need.
• You want to pay the rights holders directly. Sportsnet+, UFC Fight Pass and your TV provider are the licensed sellers today, and Paramount+ joins them in 2027. That is a legitimate choice, and those are the services to use.
• Your internet is slow or unsteady. Below roughly 15 Mbps of steady throughput per screen, a six-hour live event is one of the least forgiving things you can stream.
• You are on a tight data cap. A full numbered card in HD can pass 30 GB. Most Canadian home plans are unlimited, but some rural and fixed-wireless plans are not.

For a broader view of what separates a good provider from a cheap one, the best IPTV in Canada page sets out the standard to hold any service to, including this one. The help centre answers the practical questions that come up before paying.

Frequently asked questions

What channel is UFC on in Canada?

Sportsnet in English and TVA Sports in French. Both carry the Fight Night cards and the prelims of numbered events, and Sportsnet+ streams them online. The main cards of numbered events are sold separately as pay-per-views in 2026.

How much is a UFC PPV in Canada?

A numbered main card costs $69.99 in Canada in 2026. You can buy it through Sportsnet+, UFC Fight Pass or a TV provider such as Bell, Rogers or SaskTel. Buying all 13 numbered cards in a year at that price comes to $909.87.

Is UFC on Paramount+ in Canada?

Not in 2026; the Paramount+ deal that removed pay-per-view in the United States does not cover Canada this year. From 2027, under a six-year agreement announced in June 2026, Paramount+ carries all 13 numbered main cards a year in Canada at no additional cost to subscribers.

What time does the UFC main card start in Canada?

A North American numbered card’s main card starts at 9:00 pm Eastern, which is 10:00 pm Atlantic, 8:00 pm Central, 7:00 pm Mountain and 6:00 pm Pacific, with Newfoundland at 10:30 pm. Las Vegas Fight Nights start their main card an hour earlier, at 8:00 pm Eastern. Cards in the Middle East run in the afternoon, such as UFC 333’s 2:00 pm Eastern main card.

Is UFC on TSN?

No. TSN carried the UFC for most of the previous decade, but the Canadian rights moved to Sportsnet and TVA Sports starting in January 2024. If you are looking for a card on a Saturday night, check the Sportsnet feeds.

Does IPTV MN include UFC pay-per-views?

Every IPTV MN plan includes premium PPV events, and the service lists numbered UFC cards, Fight Nights and the major boxing events among them, alongside every Sportsnet feed, TVA Sports and Fight Network. Plans start at $17 for one month, and a year is $77. Subscribers are responsible for making sure their own viewing complies with Canadian copyright and broadcasting law.

Where this leaves you for the rest of 2026

The UFC in Canada is simple once the pieces are clear: Sportsnet and TVA Sports for the Fight Nights and prelims, Fight Pass for the early prelims, and a $69.99 pay-per-view for each numbered main card until Paramount+ takes them over in 2027. If you watch a couple of cards a year, buy them and stop there.

If you watch most Saturdays, and want the hockey on Sportsnet the rest of the week, the decision is what to pay for the whole package. Take the free trial and test it during the Fight Night on October 10 before you decide, check the feeds you need on the published channel list, and compare the plans and prices when you are ready. If it cannot be made to work on your setup, the refund policy gives you seven days to get your money back.