Amazon Signs Deal to Bring One Championship MMA Fights to Prime

Amazon.com Inc. is bringing mixed-martial-arts fights to its streaming service as it pushes deeper into live sports.

Fight promoter One Championship has signed a five-year distribution deal with Amazon in the U.S. and Canada. As part of the agreement, Amazon will exclusively broadcast at least 12 of the promoter’s events live during prime time each year. The parties declined to disclose financial terms.

Amazon, which now shows a range of live sports including soccer and tennis, has been searching for more sports deals to bring a steadier schedule of events to its programming. Its prize so far is the NFL’s Thursday Night Football, whose games ...