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.
You can watch the whole card on the app if you have ESPN on your TV package
At first I didn't understand Cerrone not being on main card, in hindsight it was excellent way to finish the cable portion of the card on ESPN
Henry is annoying.
Calm thy outro ffs.
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Luke the master of manufactured outrage critical of Steven A is laughable.
I watched ESPN plus on my phone and I was able to do the quick double tap to rewind and fast-forward but was not able to pause
I won’t be using espn+ until the app improves its user interface and overall accessibility…it sucks is an understatement
Pretty sure there is something wrong with the espn app. I always run into problems with it but havent once had a problem on my laptop using the site.
MMA Journalist are terrible. THe big story is Dennis quitting because the UFC win bonus system and bad judging