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January 24, 2021 08:30 pm

ESPN Plus apologizes for technical issue during UFC pay-per-view event




UFC 257: Poirier v McGregor
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ESPN Plus says it will issue partial refunds to customers who paid for a UFC pay-per-view event Saturday only to run into technical problems.


Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier was the headline match of the UFC 257 main card, which was set to get underway at about 10PM ET Saturday. To watch, ESPN Plus subscribers, who pay $59.99 per year for the streaming service, also paid $69.99 for Saturday’s event. But users in the US began reporting a blackout on the ESPN Plus app Saturday evening that lasted through some of the earlier fights on the main card.


A spokesperson for Disney, which owns ESPN, said in an email to The Verge on Sunday that the company was “aware that a technical issue prevented a portion of users from accessing the early...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/24/22247257/espn-plus-technical-issue-ufc-pay-per-view-mcgregor-poirier

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