The UFC on ESPN era is upon us and the first event (UFC Brooklyn or UFC on ESPN+ 1) is in the books. How did the fighting promotion and broadcasting company do? I’d argue, overall, pretty well. While I hate the ESPN+ user interface, think the inclusion of Stephen A. Smith is misguided and thought more of a production refresh was owed, there were plenty of successes.
ESPN+ added huge numbers of subscribers, they made a flyweight title fight feel big, the other shows on ESPN – SportsCenter, First Take, etc. – all did a good job previewing and promoting the show. The fights were strong, pacing was improved and lessons learned during the FOX Sports era were incorporated. Improvements need to be made, but they’re off to a auspicious beginning.
terrible connection. I had to watch on phone and computer to watch one while the other was down. App isn't great. I canceled.
Luke “stare deeply in to the viewers eyes” Thomas
when will espn realize ufc needs to be on actual espn, not their bullshit streaming service that they're trying to get off the ground
It was basically the same as usual apart from A. Smith with bisping
The only thing i didn't like about this event was Stephen A Smith
Yes!!!! I get different result everytime I search for ufc events on ESPN plus. They need to fix this. I love how there is way more content available now though I've watched so many fights the last few days
Tony Ferguson is the type of guy to drop to 125 and use both tj and cejudo as dumbells for 3 rounds then eat them both to make heavyweight and take out brock lesnar
I can agree with the screen scrunching on Youtube TV.
ESPN+ and fight pass both suck like YouTube’s interface is drastically better
Pacing was much improved