Brendan Schaub thinks that the UFC 313 Country Pays-per-View was “on purpose” by ESPN

The former UFC heavyweight fighter, Brendan Schaub, was one of the many people who had problems with the main map of the UFC 313 on ESPN +.

During the broadcast of Saturday à la carte, which was crowned by the victory of the title of Ankalaev of Magomed against Alex Pereira, countless fighters – past and present – fans, media members and others were indignant to have ordered and paid for the main card, but the streaming problems left them unable to look at it. UFC leaders were “furious” on the situation, while ESPN apologized in a statement sent to the MMA fighting on UFC 313 command and gaze.

“Unfortunately, we have experienced a technical problem that had an impact on purchases of the UFC PPV on ESPN + shortly after 10 pm,” ESPN said in the press release. “Our teams have identified and resolved the problem, restoring full functionality before the main event. We apologize for the disadvantages and take measures to ensure better experience in the future.

While ESPN offered the main card for free on Sunday for ESPN +subscribers, it has always left a bad taste in people’s mouths, including Schaub. On his podcastSchaub does not believe that it was a technical question, but a negotiation tactic due to the negotiation of the dissemination rights of the UFC.

“The whole ESPN +, the payment to the vision does not work, they (in negotiations for their broadcast) at the moment, if you think it was not on purpose, you are out of your mind,” said Schaub. “It’s ESPN, which does not give a flying F * CK on the UFC, really. They are agitation. But if you don’t think it’s a flex on their part … I have never had any problems with them, now suddenly during (rights negotiations), problems just appear?

“Is it someone who goes, ‘oh, really, do you want to play Hard Ball?” This is what your figures will look like without us. “”

Schaub does not know what is certainly going on, and that would clearly seem to be a pretty bad Tactic of ESPN if they want to keep the UFC in the context of their wallet – especially with the ever -increasing popularity of the brand.

But after having problems with the platform for the first time, Schaub believes that the moment seems too coincided.

“This is what I think (with one) aluminum paper hat,” said Schaub. “Never had any problems. All of a sudden, half of the world f * cking has problems? It’s weird. During negotiations? It’s weird.

Although Schaub has apparently never had any problems with UFC on ESPN +streaming, it is far from the first time that the problems appeared during the almost seven -year relationship between the two companies.

Add to this as part of the global distribution agreement, ESPN pays the UFC for each card payment emission, regardless of the number of sales that really occur so that the creation of deliberately technical problems would really cost the brand belonging to Disney more money without anything in return.