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Top 10 of 2025 – No. 9 UFC rakes in more sponsors

December 24, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

It was another bright year for the UFC as the company brought in more sponsors to its robust stable. This has helped the contribution to TKO’s overall earnings.

Domestically, the company forged new deals (and renewals) with the following companies:

Total Wireless

Drip

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Papa Johns

Casey’s (one off sponsored weekend of TKO events in KC)

Slim Jim (renewal)

Hayabusa (BJJ)

Wingstop (expansion of existing rights)

Minute Maid

Meta

Polymarket

Doordash

Dave’s Hot Chicken (from one-offs to multi-year deal)

Ram

Monster Energy Pass thru rights Quick Trip

Monster Energy renewal

Thorne renewal

Companies crave the UFC demo of young, white males with disposable money. The UFC still has many more categories to fill as we look toward 2026. This includes Insurance, Hospitality, Credit Card, Video Game Platform, Airline, Wine, Banking, Health Services and Skin Care.

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