a large number of periscope streams were used to broadcast the fight, either indirectly with a focus on reactions from viewing parties, or simply rebroadcasting television feeds of the fight. one stream reportedly peaked at around 10,000 viewers, although these streams had inconsistent uptime due either to connection issues or to being reported and taken down by the service. representatives of both meerkat and periscope reported that they acted upon takedown notices received throughout the evening. espn's ryan mcgee dubbed periscope the "winner" of the fight due to the prominence it received through this manner. dick costolo, ceo of microblogging service and periscope parent company twitter, made a similar remark; although it was initially assumed to be in reference to the illegal streams, he clarified that it was actually in reference to hbo's usage of the service to stream behind-the-scenes from the fighters' locker rooms.