On August 26th, 2017 the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts collided with a super fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor, the then UFC lightweight champion. The fight, which resulted in a 10th round TKO victory for Mayweather, sold an estimated 4.3 million pay-per-view buys, making it one of the most watched boxing matches in history.
However, some of those millions of fans who bought the pay-per-view weren’t able to see all of what they paid for. As the action was getting underway UFC Fight Pass, one of many services that was selling the PPV, experienced difficulties; much to the chagrin of Bloody Elbow managing editor Anton Tabuena.