UFC & Meta Announce Their Partnership To Bring MMA To VR - FightBook MMA

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UFC fans and the media were wondering wherefore the UFC locked its doors during UFC Vegas 61. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the lone instrumentality successful attendance and present we cognize why.

The UFC announced that they volition beryllium partnering with Meta to bring MMA events to VR. UFC Fight Pass volition beryllium delivering unrecorded and on-demand fights successful VR via Horizon Worlds, Meta’s societal VR metaverse. The archetypal lawsuit volition beryllium LFA 144 on Friday, October 14, 2022. The combat volition beryllium disposable to presumption unrecorded in VR180.

“We are excited to connection an unprecedented level of engagement for FIGHT PASS subscribers and MMA fans astir the satellite by producing a unrecorded MMA lawsuit successful virtual reality,” said Crowley Sullivan, Vice President and General Manager, UFC Fight Pass. “With Meta providing the VR level and YBVR lending their accumulation expertise, we’re assured this volition beryllium a large acquisition for combat fans.”

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