The UFC Streamed Their First MMA Event In The Metaverse/VR And This Is What It Looked Like

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Earlier this week, the UFC announced they partnered with Mark Zuckerberg and Meta to bring live MMA events to the Metaverse via UFC Fight Pass

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UFC FIGHT PASS, the world’s leading streaming service for combat sports, today announced it is delivering live and on-demand MMA events in VR in Meta’s Horizon Worlds, an immersive social experience app available on the Meta Quest 2 headset.

Fans will enter an immersive environment in Meta Horizon Worlds where they can see and speak with other fans in real time while enjoying unprecedented VR views of all the thrilling action in the LFA Octagon, including strikes, takedowns, grappling, and more.

YBVR will produce LFA 144 in VR180, a virtual reality video format that offers viewers a 180-degree panorama of the event.

The first live MMA event to be featured in Meta Horizon Worlds was Friday’s LFA 144 event from Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Twitter user Grabaka_Hitman captured some of the footage off his VR headset to show users what the experience was.

Here’s what a spinning back kick KO looks like in the Metaverse.