The fighters quickly took to Twitter to voice their displeasure at the outage, which appeared to affect several broadcasts on ESPN+ and came after UFC President Dana White vowed to crack down on illegal streams of UFC 257.
Here’s what fighters had to say about the streaming issues.
Is anyone else not being able to log in to ESPN despite already buying the #ufc257 card which was freaking $70
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) January 24, 2021
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) January 24, 2021
Dana shut down the wrong servers pic.twitter.com/CNZq38rWKq
— Drakkar Klose (@drakkarklose) January 24, 2021
— Drakkar Klose (@drakkarklose) January 24, 2021
What’s going on with the PPV @danawhite @ufc. Can’t order
— Kevin MTP Lee (@MoTownPhenom) January 24, 2021
— Kevin MTP Lee (@MoTownPhenom) January 24, 2021
Just trying to do the right thing here ???
— Dan “50k” Ige (@Dynamitedan808) January 24, 2021
— Dan “50k” Ige (@Dynamitedan808) January 24, 2021
Stop the fights!!!!! Until we’re able to see em! @ufc #ESPNPlus
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) January 24, 2021
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) January 24, 2021
I think your new tech that suppose to surprise and stop the streamers... stopped everyone who paid 69.99 for PPV..... #UFC257
— Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) January 24, 2021
— Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) January 24, 2021
ESPN working for me, sorry you losers can't buy it. Ill update you.
— Funky (@Benaskren) January 24, 2021
— Funky (@Benaskren) January 24, 2021
I’m bout to stream this bih in a second @danawhite you know where I stay
— Kevin MTP Lee (@MoTownPhenom) January 24, 2021
— Kevin MTP Lee (@MoTownPhenom) January 24, 2021
Damn ESPN must not have been expecting this traffic ! #UFC257
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) January 24, 2021
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) January 24, 2021
Some bullshit! Can’t even order the fight after almost 30 minutes after starting! @ufc
— Raquel Pennington (@RockyPMMA) January 24, 2021
— Raquel Pennington (@RockyPMMA) January 24, 2021
We paid @espn but I can't access the fucking fights! Bullshit! @ufc @danawhite
— Marion Reneau (@BelizeanBruiser) January 24, 2021
— Marion Reneau (@BelizeanBruiser) January 24, 2021
Them: why Kevin got cut
Me: #UFC257 https://t.co/Xis9BJCFQj
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) January 24, 2021
Me: #UFC257 https://t.co/Xis9BJCFQj
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) January 24, 2021
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