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By: Brain Smasher

Brain Smasher — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:05:31 +0000

Dave is ussually very close most of the time. But there is times he is off. But the bottom line if there isnt anyone better. He is the best source the MMA community has. The biggest problem with getting accurate numbers is cable providers. There is just to many different ones and those are broken up into many others. After a PPV each small cable company has to report their numbers to their parent company and it takes a very long time for all the numbers to be collected. Dave has sources that give him the numbers they have but there is no way of knowing if they number has all the PPVs included as some companys may not have arrived. Especially when there is a rush to get the info to the public.

On top of all fo that going on. Each of the providers and Direct TV and Dish Network all are running the PPV where it can be purchased months after it was aired live. So there is always numbers coming in for the first few months.

This is all the info i have gathered from following it over the years. I could be wrong but thats how it seems to work. Even Dana White has said many times that the Final PPVs of an event wont be available for a couple months. All they really have is estimates. Thats why there is always many different numbers reported some times its just someone making something up. Other times its because the numbers are still trickling in.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:50:13 +0000

Loves this piece. Thanks for writing it.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:07:36 +0000

Dave has been the most accurate in the business for a long time. He has connections directly with the providers according to everything that I’ve heard.

By: mma guru

mma guru — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:56:56 +0000

how accurate are Dave’s numbers. For example, UFC 100 I’ve seen conflicting reports of 1.5 million buys, as well UFC 101 in the 800 K range.