# UFC’s Event Sellout Spree Powers TKO Q3 Earnings

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ufcs-event-sellout-spree-powers-tko-q3-earnings/
- Published: 2026-11-04T21:38:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T02:55:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/ufc-apex-tko-wwe-img-1236939730/
- Topics: Business, Companies

## Key points

- Sellout UFC events helped lift TKO’s third-quarter results.
- TKO revenue rose 21% to $1.36 billion.
- The company raised its full-year forecasts for a second time.

## Summary

TKO reported higher third-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings, driven chiefly by UFC’s run of sellout events. The results led the sports and entertainment company to raise its full-year forecasts for the second time this year.

TKO’s revenue rose 21% to $1.36 billion, while adjusted EBITDA increased 54% to $555.7 million and its margin grew to 41%, from 32% a year earlier. UFC revenue climbed 60% to $519.2 million, supported by growth in media rights, live events and partnerships; WWE had a tougher comparison because it held three fewer main-roster events than in the same quarter last year. TKO now expects full-year revenue of $5.79 billion to $5.83 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $2.295 billion to $2.315 billion.

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