The recent UFC 246 event in Paradise, Nevada was one of the most hotly anticipated events in recent memory, headlined by Conor McGregor and "Cowboy" Donald Cerrone. As is typical with pay-per-view sporting events, illegal streams of UFC 246 were all over the Internet, though one person who was streaming the big fight, SkarrsWorld, had an embarrassing text message pop up during the stream.
While streaming the UFC 246 pay-per-view event, a text message popped up on the stream that read: "Denzel pressed charges on you so if you come around you're getting [...] until court day. Give your uncle the house key now I'm coming to pick [...]"
The part of the the UFC 246 pay-per-view stream with this message was clipped by those watching. The clip then made it to the LivestreamFail subreddit and has amassed nearly 100,000 views at the time of this writing. As for the SkarrsWorld Twitch channel, it does not appear to have suffered any repercussions for streaming the UFC 246 pay-per-view, as it is streaming live at the time of this writing.
This is far from the first time that a UFC pay-per-view has been streamed on Twitch, and it won't be the last. There's all sorts of copyrighted content streamed on Twitch on a regular basis, though typically this results in channels being banned and the like. However, sometimes Twitch streamers get tricky when streaming illegal content. For example, there was one instance when a streamer was streaming a UFC pay-per-view event, but he pretended like it was just a video game that he was playing instead.
As Twitch continues to be one of the top streaming services in the world, it seems illegal streams like this will just be a bigger issue for the company moving forward. However, it remains to be seen how exactly Twitch will combat the issue. As it stands, it seems Twitch moderation relies heavily on users reporting content, as it is unable to just police everyone's streams. Users who are benefiting from the illegal streams are unlikely to report them, so many will go unpunished.
It's possible Twitch may change its community guidelines and the way it moderates things to better police content like this. For now, illegal streams and the like will continue to be a problem for the streaming giant.