Dana White announced that the WEC’s debut on PPV broke the organization’s best marks for attendance and live gate receipts when it brought Aldo vs. Faber to Sacramento, California on Saturday, April 24th. The show drew 14, 144 people to the ARCO Arena and generated a live gate of over $1 million. Payout Perspective: No […]
Archives for April 2010
Aldo vs. Faber: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber (only it wasn’t titled WEC 48 for various reasons we’ll cover below) that was held on Saturday, April 24th from the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. The event featured a plethora of great match-ups, including […]
MMAterial Facts (04/23/10): WEC Prepares for PPV Debut, Strikeforce Signs Pan-Asian TV Deal
Shine International and Tiger Gate to launch Strikeforce on KIX action channel in Asia When it comes to a UFC/WEC merger, Dana says he knows what he’s doing Zuffa to learn if fans’ wallets will open for WEC on pay-per-view GOP picks fight with secretary of state over TV census ad UFC Defending Newfound Political […]
Aldo vs. Faber Sans the WEC
John Morgan of MMAJunkie.com has written an interesting piece that features Dana White discussing the rationale for removing the WEC from this weekend’s event title and fight promos: But is White at all concerned that the missing logo – and the UFC-esque feel of “Aldo vs. Faber” – will make it difficult to use the […]
TUF 11, Episode 4: 1.5 HH Rating
MMAPayout.com has learned that the fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter Season 11 earned the highest rating yet on the season with 1.5 HH rating on an average audience of 2 million viewers. The show scored very well in the M18-34 and M18-49 demographics with a 2.4 and 1.9 respectively. The quarterly hours tracked as […]