The UFC’s pay-per-view pricing enjoyed a minor drop in cost for most of 2019, but that will change beginning with the new year.

When the UFC shifted the promotion’s pay-per-view distribution to ESPN+ in March 2019, the pay-per-view pricing dropped from $64.99 to $59.99, presumably to assist consumers with offsetting the $4.99/month charge to subscribe to ESPN+.

However, MMA Junkie has learned from ESPN+ officials that the pricing will return to $64.99 beginning with UFC 246, which takes place Jan. 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

“ESPN+ is an incredible value to UFC fans, and this price change represents a return to the price that UFC fans traditionally paid, prior to ESPN+ decreasing the price for pay-per-view events for most of 2019,” an ESPN+ spokesperson told MMA Junkie.

For current non-subscribers to ESPN+, the pay-per-view and a one-year subscription to ESPN+ are being packaged together for $84.98, a similar increase from the current rate of $79.98.

According to an ESPN+ spokesperson, the UFC’s first year on ESPN+ featured more than 730 hours of programming, including 200 hours of live event coverage, as well more than 530 hours of original programs and on-demand content.

UFC 246 features a welterweight headliner between former dual-division champion Conor McGregor (21-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) and fan-favorite Donald Cerrone (36-13 MMA, 23-10 UFC).

The latest UFC 246 lineup includes:

Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone Diego Ferreira vs. Anthony Pettis Claudia Gadelha vs. Alexa Grasso Holly Holm vs. Raquel Pennington Andre Fili vs. Sodiq Yusuff Maycee Barber vs. Roxanne Modafferi Drew Dober vs. Nasrat Haqparast Maurice Greene vs. Aleksei Oleinik Aleksa Camur vs. Justin Ledet Grant Dawson vs. Chas Skelly J.J. Aldrich vs. Sabina Mazo Askar Askarov vs. Tim Elliott Brian Kelleher vs. Ode Osbourne