“Obviously, you’re going to have access to the library and lots of other programming that’s going to be on the network, but there’s going to be a ridiculous amount of live fights.” – Dana White
The UFC announced Fight Pass on December 22, 2013. On January 4, the UFC aired its first live card on Fight Pass, a Fight Night event from Singapore. Then they ran Fight Pass events on back to back Saturdays in March from China and London. Abu Dhabi the next month. By the end of the year, the UFC put on twelve events that aired on the digital network.