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UFC's Paramount+ Deal Drags UFC 334 Start Times Earlier for Gane vs. Hokit at MSG

The Madison Square Garden main card hits Paramount+ at 9pm ET on November 14, and the early prelims start at 5pm ET, well before dinner.

Ciryl Gane and Josh Hokit
Photo: Ciryl Gane: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | Josh Hokit: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brittany Primavera, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The UFC has posted its full broadcast and streaming rundown for UFC 334, which goes off at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday, November 14. Ciryl Gane and Josh Hokit headline, and Amanda Nunes vs. Kayla Harrison sits on the pay-per-view portion of the card. The event carries a title sponsor this time, so the official name on UFC.com is Polymarket UFC 334: Gane vs Hokit.

The big change for U.S. viewers is the clock. UFC.com said numbered events are starting earlier than they used to under the promotion’s new broadcast deal with Paramount+, and the schedule backs that up:

  • Early prelims: 5pm ET / 2pm PT on Paramount+ and UFC Fight Pass
  • Prelims: 7pm ET / 4pm PT on Paramount+
  • Main card: 9pm ET / 6pm PT on Paramount+

West Coast fans get the main card at 6pm, which means you can watch Gane vs. Hokit and still make a reasonable bedtime. East Coast fans can catch the first fight of the night before the sun’s fully down in mid-November.

International listings

For fans across Asia, this is a Sunday morning event. The UFC listed these windows:

  • IST: early prelims 3:30am, prelims 5:30am, main card 7:30am on Sony TEN 2
  • WIB: 5am, 7am and 9am on Vidio, Nex and UFC Fight Pass
  • JST: 7am, 9am and 11am on U-Next and UFC Fight Pass
  • KST: 7am, 9am and 11am on TVING and UFC Fight Pass
  • MMT: 4:30am, 6:30am and 8:30am on Canal+ and UFC Fight Pass
  • ICT: 5am, 7am and 9am on True Sports HD3 and UFC Fight Pass
  • PKT: main card only at 7am on Ten Sports

The UFC also listed Astro Supersport 5, Unifi TV and Fight Pass in Malaysia, Premiere Sports and Fight Pass in Mongolia, ESPN on Disney+ and Fight Pass in the Philippines, and Hub Sports, MIO Sports and Fight Pass in Singapore.

There’s one oddity in the official page. The FPT listing (also on ICT) has the main card at 9am but shows both the prelims and the early prelims at 7am. Every other ICT and WIB listing puts the early prelims two hours ahead of the prelims, so that looks like a typo. If you’re watching on FPT, set the alarm for 5am and don’t trust the page blindly.

The card

Gane vs. Hokit is the main event and gets the top billing. Nunes vs. Harrison is the one plenty of people will be buying their Saturday night around. The UFC’s watch guide covers broadcast details only, so look for the full bout order and weigh-in results from the promotion as fight week moves along.

My take: a betting market’s name stamped on a numbered card is going to make some old-timers grumble, me included, but the earlier start is the real win here. Fewer people will be making bad live bets at 1am with one eye open, and I say that as somebody who has personally made a lot of them. Doors open early at the Garden on November 14, and the first fight goes at 5pm ET.

Sources: UFC.com

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