The UFC returned on Saturday night in Jacksonville, Florida, for its first live event since the coronavirus pandemic forced all leagues to pause activities, and made a change to its typical broadcast presentation that fans seemed to universally dislike.
Throughout the broadcast of the prelims on ESPN, a stream of tweets would be displayed on screen, so fans can read what fighters watching the event at home are saying about the bouts. This continued even mid-round, with tweets popping up in the bottom left corner of the screen while punches were flying in the center. Many fans found the tweet distracting, and according to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, the tweets will continue all the way through the main card.
