{"id":248027,"date":"2017-08-29T17:52:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T00:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=248027"},"modified":"2017-08-29T17:52:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T00:52:05","slug":"ufc-refunds-mayweather-vs-mcgregor-may-mac-fight-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-refunds-mayweather-vs-mcgregor-may-mac-fight-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"The UFC Will Offer Refunds For Those Who Couldn&#8217;t Watch Mayweather vs McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was to be the biggest fight of the century. MMA&#8217;s double-belt poster boy strutting into the Octagon against Floyd Mayweather, the king of boxing. It was a fight that you could throw in &#8220;record-breaking&#8221; before anything you said about it and you could be right. There was one big problem though, a ton of people were not able to see it. Those that heeded the usual warning to buy early may have been on the right track. Floods of messages, tweets, and e-mails came crashing into UFC, Showtime, and the spectator&#8217;s cable providers about not being able to order or having their feed crash. Today, the UFC is trying to make it up to customers by offering full refunds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There you go. That&#39;s the right thing to do. I won&#39;t even get hung up on the use of the word &quot;immediately&quot; in this context. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NPOhlJLtar\">https:\/\/t.co\/NPOhlJLtar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benfowlkesMMA\/status\/902682572601212928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-248029 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Refunds.jpg\" alt=\"Dana White\" width=\"750\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Refunds.jpg 750w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Refunds-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Refunds-404x400.jpg 404w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Refunds-253x250.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe always try to put on the biggest and most exciting fights. We want our fans to have the best experience when watching our events. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t deliver the way we wanted on Saturday because of NeuLion\u2019s technical issues on UFC.tv. As usual, we always take care of our fans and we will fix this. We have started processing refunds immediately for anyone who could not access the fight after purchase.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Offering refunds was a good move by the UFC, considering Oregon customers have already filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/8\/28\/16216796\/showtime-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-for-mayweather-vs-mcgregor-streaming-issues\">class action lawsuits<\/a>. Even UFC fighters themselves were tweeting on Saturday night that they weren&#8217;t able to access the fight or the stream crashed on them. It&#8217;s no surprise learning that an estimated <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/digital\/news\/mayweather-mcgregor-fight-piracy-illegal-live-streams-1202540360\/\">2.9 million people illegally pirated<\/a> Mayweather vs McGregor. It&#8217;s hard to remember a fight that caused so many problems, it turns out May\/Mac may have been even bigger than people thought.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fight pass crashed on me!!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dc_mma\/status\/901649264484294656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanaWhite<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ErvWRnjnVe\">pic.twitter.com\/ErvWRnjnVe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/902673791146311681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/29\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was to be the biggest fight of the century. 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