Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. stopped Conor McGregor Saturday in the 10th round of their much-hyped superfight, though both combatants were winners in terms of paydays.
Also making many millions on the bout were Showtime and cable carriers, as the pay-per-view event was expected to (and surely did) shatter revenue records. But not everyone who watched the match ponied up for a ticket or a PPV — there were tons of illegal live streams shared on various social media platforms.
That fact made frugal users on Twitter delighted to have seen “Money” without spending any.
Read a sample of those grateful for the illegal freebie:
https://twitter.com/javorus_moore/status/901677094165499904
https://twitter.com/iiswhoiisking/status/901676223922704384
When you got to watch the fight for free and everyone else paid $100 #MayweathervMcgregor pic.twitter.com/Ls7jqBGjV1
— Jada Pinkett Shakur Alsina Smith (@DreamOfTy_) August 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/_MynggaSoWHITE/status/901673328301273090
Even though we got an entertaining fight, the real MVP's of the night were those who streamed the fight for everyone.#MayweathervMcgregor
— Joey Crawford (@BadJoeyCrawford) August 27, 2017
To all the live streamers,
You're all absolute heroes and angels! #MayweathervMcgregor pic.twitter.com/5uZlbYzHvR— Katie M (@katielm88) August 27, 2017
To all the people who live streamed the fight tonight so i didn't have to pay! #MayweathervMcgregor pic.twitter.com/SnMGrQFQXx
— Alanna (@alannacaprice) August 27, 2017
When everyone else paid to watch and you just watched social media live feeds for free! #MayweathervMcgregor pic.twitter.com/Vndn3udLWY
— Porterhouse1974 (@Porterhouse1974) August 27, 2017
Shoutout to all who paid for this fight and streamed it because they sure weren’t getting my coins #MayweathervMcgregor pic.twitter.com/owhRc3FvWj
— Sunny ☀️ (@SunnyBunny_54) August 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/jagannnnnn/status/901671347419525120