The UFC and ESPN made a huge announcement Monday and it didn’t go over well with fans.

Dana White said all pay-per-views will go through ESPN+ from now on and they extended their deal with ESPN another two years to 2025.

Here’s what that means: Starting with UFC 236 in April if you live in the US you will only be able to purchase the PPV through ESPN+, meaning you’ll need to be a subscriber to ESPN+, which costs $4.99 a month. You won’t be able to get it through any other service, including DIRECTV and more.

Our friends at MMAJunkie had more details:

New ESPN+ subscribers will be able to purchase a yearlong subscription for $79.99 that includes one pay-per-view event. Current ESPN+ subscribers will be able to purchase pay-per-views for $59.99 each. According to a news release, additional packaging options may become available in the future. The ESPN+ base subscription package is $4.99 per month, or $49.99 per year. ESPN+ will be the home for 20 UFC “Fight Night” events in 2018.

PPV’s for the most part are normally $64.99, so they’ve included the $4.99 in the new deal. But it does make it harder for casual fans to get into it and it also annoys hardcore fans who now have to give money to ESPN to gain access to PPVs.

Here’s White’s announcement:

‼️BREAKING: UFC Pay-Per-Views are now available for purchase exclusively through ESPN+ (US Only). More information here: https://t.co/mFoIKzAoTn pic.twitter.com/HboOBaecZM — UFC (@ufc) March 18, 2019

Fans weren’t happy at all:

🤣😂🤣😂. Thought “man, this is gonna be dope if they dropped the price significantly or are doing something akin to WWE network.” Nopppppe — Nixon (@fhnixon) March 18, 2019

So, you're effectively making it harder to buy a ppv. Good luck with that approach. #idiots — daniel fesperman (@fallsdownstairs) March 18, 2019

It would be nice if my espn + app actually stays open. It’s glitchy and it sucks. — A (@thekindone44) March 18, 2019

I cancelled Fight Pass at the beginning of the year and will not subscribe to ESPN+. Tired of being treated as a wallet to be vacuumed dry. — David Willford (@Dave_Willford) March 18, 2019

This feel like a leap backwards — Johnnie Plaisted (@RealPlaisted) March 18, 2019

So guess I’ll never see a ufc ppv again — Eric O'Brien (@DatDudeEOB) March 18, 2019

This sounds like a terrible idea — Terror Sadbooski (@ChippyTFT) March 18, 2019

Worst idea the UFC has ever had.. goodbye UFC.. RIP!!!! — Ray Volkert (@rayv823) March 18, 2019

and there goes good ppv numbers. I wonder if @espn is going to shove commercials down our throats like they do on ESPN plus? — Cowboy From Hell (@_JDevil_) March 18, 2019

Thanks for the memories. You’ve officially jumped the shark. — JS (@mytwocents74) March 18, 2019

Bad move. Gonna lose a lot of customers. — El Jeffrey (@LoprettoR) March 18, 2019