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ESPN+ outage wreaks havoc with UFC 257 pay-per-view - Yahoo Sports

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The UFC 257 main card, headlined by Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier, kicked off on ESPN+ Pay-Per-View with Marina Rodriguez’s stunning TKO of Amanda Ribas.

Unfortunately, not every fan who shelled out for the $70 pay-per-view was able to see it.

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It’s unclear how widespread the outage was, but a noticeable number of MMA fans were complaining on Saturday that ESPN+ was not working for them. That included many of the UFC’s own fighters, as well as a former NFL Defensive Player of the Year and MLB Cy Young Award winner:

ESPN released a statement confirming it is “aware” of the issue and working to resolve it, per Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole was told that the outage occurred as 1.3 million viewers attempted to tune in at the same time. The outage appeared to affect ESPN+ across the board, not just the UFC 257 pay-per-view, and was not limited to just one app or device. The problem was observed on multiple devices by Yahoo Sports.

The situation occurred days after UFC president Dana White complained of illegal streams of UFC events and threatened streamers with consequences from federal authorities if they streamed Saturday’s event. One of the White’s fighters eventually decided the risk was worth it:

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