Why is it I can't watch these UFC fights, unless I pay?

They're being held on federal government property, subsidized with my tax dollars, and I can't even watch it on TV.

I already pay a coupla hundred dollars every month for services to make it possible to watch cable TV (internet service provider, plus a google "youtube.tv" subscription that includes Paramount, but not Paramount+). Apparently, you need Paramount+, which is the channel on which these fights are now broadcast (it used to be ESPN+)...and now they want another $11 per month for Paramount+, the new home for UFC fights. It Irks me.

Yeah, I know it's brutal and disgusting and is frequently referred to as human cockfights or dogfights. Boxing is not all that different and I don't see many objecting to that, or any other combat sports, and there's a gazillion of them, including collegiate wrestling, which starts in high school, including public high schools. Once you decide one combat sport is legitimate and okay...well, you're on a slippery slope.

It just really irks me that this is a "pay to view" event, when we, the taxpayers, are already paying for it, but we can't watch it.