MMAPayout.com uses statistical regression analysis to match both the viewership numbers from Spike TV’s Countdown to UFC and the live gate figures reported by athletic commissions against the PPV buyrate numbers for each UFC event. The analysis produces a linear equation, which can then be used to take new Countdown or gate information and predict […]
Archives for March 2010
MMAterial Facts (03/29/10): UFC 115 Moving, Strikeforce Partners Up With Canadian Promotion
UFC 115 Will Not Happen in Vancouver, Cincinnati Possible New Canadian promotion “Lets Get It On MMA” Partners With Strikeforce UFC president Dana White expects Web to serve as global UFC television channel MTV could launch show on local MMA fighters Martial arts expo losing fight in Metro Vancouver UFC 115 Will Not Happen in […]
UFC 115 in Vancouver a No-Go
Joe Ferraro of Sportsnet.ca is reporting that UFC 115 in Vancouver is looking like less and less of a possibility due to insurance and other issues brought up by the Vancouver City Council and its conditional license. A planned UFC show in Vancouver in June is on the ropes, apparently due to insurance and other […]
Singapore’s Martial Combat Debuts in May
ESPN Star Sports has officially announced the debut of MARTIAL COMBAT for May 12th and 13th, to be held at the brand new Resorts World Sentosa on the island of Sentosa in Singapore. ESPN STAR Sports Announces May Fight Card for Resorts World™ Sentosa Martial Combat – World Champions Ole Laursen and Leandro Issa Confirmed […]
UFC 111: Gate and Attendance
Dana White re-affirmed at UFC 111’s post-fight press conference that the attendance for Saturday’s show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey was over 17,000 and considered to be a sell-out. The event produced a gate of over $4 million, which would make it the UFC’s highest grossing gate event since UFC 100 last July […]