The seven-year relationship between the UFC and FOX Sports will come to an end after this year. ESPN today announced it will take over the rights to all UFC content in the U.S. beginning in January 2019.

More than 120 UFC events will have aired on FOX properties by the time the current deal reaches its end in December. It was a crucial era in the MMA organization’s history, but another new one is soon set to begin with the move to ESPN, which will carry more than 30 live events annually between its television and digital properties.

There are still more than seven months remaining in the partnership between the UFC and FOX Sports. Following today’s announcement, a FOX Sports representative released a statement to MMAjunkie indicating that the company looks forward to those remaining months.

“FOX Sports has enjoyed an amazing partnership with the UFC over the last seven years,” the statement read. “As FOX Sports was planning the launch of FS1, Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta were the first partners to believe in the idea and vision of the new network. We look forward to finishing out 2018 with more exciting live events and wish the UFC continued success in the years to come.”

FOX Sports president, COO and executive producer Eric Shanks was unavailable for comment when requested by MMAjunkie.

The UFC’s next event with FOX takes place Sunday with UFC Fight Night 130. The event goes down at Echo Arena in Liverpool and airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

For more on the UFC schedule, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.