Inventive streamer livestreams pay-per-view fight by pretending to play UFC game | PC Gamer
By Joe Donnelly
UFC 218 took place on Saturday, with featherweight fighters Max Holloway and Jose Aldo headlining the event's main card. By pretending live footage of the fight was in-game footage of the latest EA Sports UFC videogame (UFC 3), popular streamer AJ Lester broadcast the otherwise pay-per-view event to the world.
In the UK, subscribing to BT Sport grants you access to Ultimate Fighting Championship events, however various other PPV models—not least the UFC Fight Pass—apply worldwide. What AJ Lester did is, clearly, illegal however that hasn't stopped this clip of the stream from going viral on Twitter.
Despite breaking the law, AJ Lester's commitment to the ruse is admirable—his grunts and sharp glances to the stream's text chat do make it seem like he's in control of the fight.
By Joe Donnelly
UFC 218 took place on Saturday, with featherweight fighters Max Holloway and Jose Aldo headlining the event's main card. By pretending live footage of the fight was in-game footage of the latest EA Sports UFC videogame (UFC 3), popular streamer AJ Lester broadcast the otherwise pay-per-view event to the world.
In the UK, subscribing to BT Sport grants you access to Ultimate Fighting Championship events, however various other PPV models—not least the UFC Fight Pass—apply worldwide. What AJ Lester did is, clearly, illegal however that hasn't stopped this clip of the stream from going viral on Twitter.
Despite breaking the law, AJ Lester's commitment to the ruse is admirable—his grunts and sharp glances to the stream's text chat do make it seem like he's in control of the fight.
