The highly-anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor is delayed due to cable system outages.
A Showtime executive told ESPN that “capacity of cable systems around country are being overwhelmed” due to excessive demand. UFC.tv, which is streaming the fight, is also down. The PPV fight cost viewers $99.
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NeuLion is streaming the event.
A similar outage happened in 2015 when Mayweather fought Manny Pacquiao.
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