MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for UFC 185. Once again there were four Performance of the Night bonuses but no Fight of the Night bonuses.
The bonuses went to Rafael dos Anjos, Joanna Jedrzejcyk, Ross Pearson and Beneil Dariush. Each stopped their opponents and received $50,000 bonuses. It was the second straight PPV where there was no Fight of the Night.
UFC 185 drew a reported 17,160 fans for a gate of $2.155 million according to Dana White at the post-fight press conference. The attendance was down from the previous two UFC PPV events at the Arena.
Previous Attendance for UFC PPVs at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX (via MMA Payout Blue Book)
UFC 103 – September 9, 2009 – Rich Franklin-Vitor Belfort Attendance 17,428, Gate: $2.4M
UFC 171 – March 15, 2014 – Johny Hendricks-Robbie Lawler Attendance 19,324, Gate: $2.6M
Payout Perspective:
The attendance and gate are down from the prior two visits despite two title fights on the card. This is slightly disappointing considering that Hendricks was on the card again and he drew very well last year. The primary market of tickets indicated that much of the lower part of the arena had sold out with a smattering of tickets available in the upper parts of the arena. Still, the official attendance is lower than the previous two times the UFC visited the arena.
There were a couple other stoppages on the card (including Elias Theodorou breaking his opponents arm with a kick) but you cannot deny the four from receiving bonuses.
How much did ufc spend to hype pettis? Hahahaha…
The commentating doesnt help matters much, with Goldberg and Rogan trying their utmost to talk up the credentials of the champions despite their actions in the cage showing complete contrast to what they’re trying to feed the audience, granted they finally towards the end of round 1 admitted that Esparza was out of her depth, however the way they tried to convince us the viewer that Pettis was still in with a chance despite the mauling he was on the receiving end of start to finish, never mind the blatant bias and lack of respect shown towards Overeem for company man Big country was laughable. Skipped on the bigg rigg brown fight because I had better things to do. Makes me skeptical to how they’ll book their main attractions going forward, considering they ran an entire season of TUF and the best of the best just got outclassed by a little known muay thai fighter coming from leftfield with supposed lack of star attraction credentials, the anticipation for Rouseys next can leaves me drooling at the mouth…
Don’t get me started on the heavyweight division where we have a man who’s barely set foot in the cage past 2 years and has fought a total of 2 opponents in the past 4 years – and they expect us to believe that between these 3 fighters, 2 of whom have repeatedly been shown not to be of the high calibre they want us to believe that the UFC has the best the MMA world has to offer at 205lbs and above. Laughable.
UFC is more and more like WWE everyday and not just for poaching their main draws but because the ‘sport’ they want us to believe in, has turned into sports entertainment and not even on a scale that rewards the best fighters when their paired in eliminators while some guy poses for pictures with a belt he or she defends against hand picked opponents utilized to further the careers and pockets of the suits.
50k dare to fuckin dream. Dont spend it all in one place. According to several sources Andre Berto made 800k, Shawn Porter 500k and Josesito Lopez 450k to fight against mediocre fighters on Spike. These dudes are bragging about a 50k bonus.
https://twitter.com/danrafaelespn/status/576601913493467136
Gate numbers are down, im not surprised, the ppv will be low also. Too close to 184 imo. I think there is a factor here that may or may not be an issue but I feel that the UFC drug test and the fear of being caught will expose quite a few fighters in the near future. Pettis was flat, you can make your own conclusion.
FB,
Are you saying that Josesito Lopez got $450k to fight against a mediocre fighter? That mediocre fighter TKOd him. And for Berto, he had to face a tough guy who is game and will fire back.
And Porter’s original opponent dropped out so he had to fight a last minute replacement (24 hours notice) which is never easy, even though yeah, that opponent wasn’t much to write home about.
Curious, how much did Arreola make for taking a ridiculous beating? That’s right, 20k.Which is less than what Roy Nelson made. Maybe Arreola got a big locker room bonus from Hayman.
FB,
Are you saying that Josesito Lopez got $450k to fight against a mediocre fighter? That mediocre fighter TKOd him. And for Berto, he had to face a tough guy who is game and will fire back.
And Porter’s original opponent dropped out so he had to fight a last minute replacement (24 hours notice) which is never easy, even though yeah, that opponent wasn’t much to write home about.
Curious, how much did Arreola make for taking a ridiculous beating? That’s right, 20k.Which is less than what Roy Nelson made. Maybe Arreola got a big locker room bonus from Haymon.
Fightbusiness, the prelim fighters from that boxing card probably made a grand or two. The pay in boxing is horrible for undercard fighters. Idiot.
Saldaqueef still doesn’t get it. He’s retarded and no one takes him seriously anyway though. Haha.
Another thing to point out is, those purses from PBC are inflated. Haymon knows he is losing money initially on these. The expectation is to build a brand and make it in the long run.
D still holds the the throne of complete clueless idiot bahahahah D is the one that doesn’t get it and sadly never will. Oh wait!! Mike Tyson who cant even read says boxers should be mma fighters bahahahahah
here we go, another boxing thread haha
D and mike should date,
Mike Tyson career earnings 300-500 million
Top UFC/MMa Fighter 15-20 million if that!!!! yea mma is a better deal bahahahahahah
2 clowns that don’t even know where their own dicks are hahaha
Sal still holds the throne of biggest retard on this comment section. He doesn’t have any clue about anything and gets really mad when people prove him statistically wrong.
Na, Tyson just realizes mma has a much brighter future than boxing does.
Hahaha. Sal sucks Bob Arum’s dick on a daily basis so he knows where Arum’s dick is. He can’t look down and see his own because his gut is overflowing.
Sal actually believes people take his delusional statistics seriously.
By the way idiot, the new ped policy did not go into effect for last night’s card and the Texas Athletic Commission did not randomly test anyone out of competition. Thus the reason why RDA was juiced out of his mind and after 5 rds of pressure on Pettis didn’t even look remotely tired. Only a moron wouldn’t realize this. RDA was a journeyman who suddenly turned into a killer overnight yet you weren’t aware. No surprises from Saldaqueef.
D- Who gives a flying fuck what the prelimary guys got? They’re newbies. All they have to do is crack the top 10 and they will make equal or more money than a UFC Champ. Berto got 800k and HE”S NOT EVEN A RANKED TOP 10 figter in the Junior Welterweigh Division. Joesito Lopez made 450k HE’s NOT EVEN RANKED IN Top TEN. MMA guys are grasping for straws. Its ok if you like MMA better than Boxing but you shouldnt tell lies. It will just back fire on you in the long run. Facts show that this debate on what sport pays there fighters more is over.
Jon Jones Makes 2-3 million a fight. same with Anderson. mayweather makes 40 million and Pac around 22. Pac once cleared 30 million and Mayweather 60. You cant tell lies in life. Its ok to like one sport better than the other but its not ok to tell lies.
The lies that only Mayweather & Pac make good money are being destroyed. Dana White is bing exposed. Amir, Garcia, Thurman will make 2-5 million a fight from here on out.
Standard And Poors says that on a scale of 1-6 (6 being the worst). The UFC’s debt level is at a 5.
http://mmapayout.com/2014/11/standard-poors-revises-zuffa-outlook-to-negative/
FIghtbusiness, you obviously care you fucking idiot, because you pointed out how low the pay was for those bonus winners. 3 of 4 of those fighters who received bonuses were on the prelims. That means 3 prelim fighters made more than double what 2 of the main card fighters made from that boxing event, and there were only 3 main card fights from the boxing event. Haha.
Berto was overpaid, this event lost money, the UFC event did not. Also, Berto doesn’t get ppv points unlike UFC champs do so he does not make as much money. You also just once again misused a line. Grasping for straws is not meant for someone who is underpaid. Fucking idiot.
I shouldn’t tell lies? HAHAHA!!! How many times have I fact checked on you and proven you lied about a stat on here, by simply posting the numbers that are given by this website you stupid idiot?
When did I ever say Pacquaio and Mayweather didn’t make crazy money? You are lying by claiming I did. My point was that these guys co promote their own events, put their own money into them and those two are not reflective of the rest of boxing. They are two guys who make so much more than the next fighter in boxing it is unreal. It is Mayweather/Pac and then everyone else. So when those two retire which will happen shortly, you are going to realize the drastic decline. I can’t wait for your excuses.
“Amir, Garcia, Thurman will make 2-5 million a fight from here on out.”
This is the epitome of a lie. There is no evidence to validate this, you are delusional.
S & P evaluated the ufc’s credit when the UFC’s ppvs were in the gutter from all the injuries. In 3 ppvs this year, they have generated 2m buys, if they were reevaluated, they’d be right back to where they were prior to that evaluation because they are on track for 2013 ppv numbers.
More boxing hahaha
Hey Dip-Shit D. Dana your boss has threatened all UFC fighters that they better test clean. get off of the ped and get to work. ESPECIALLY THE CHAMPS you IDIOT!!!!
Once again D shows what a clueless moron he is and he wouldn’t know a fact unless its on google. Funny how Jason has changed his key points on gate and attendance articles since I started bringing up valid concerns and issues. jason probably laughs his ass of about all the useless non issue garbage you post hahahah D has never been to a UFC fight in person and wouldn’t know what a sport is if it wasn’t for google oh I hear you are actually older then me hahahah Wow that’s sad!! no experience at your age!! pathetic hahahah
Yea Mike Tyson the future teller, a guy that cant even get out of his own way and made the absolute worst decisions on his own future bahahaha D I got a bridge for you to buy hahahahah
D- Berto dosent get PPV points. Are you fucking serious. Well that would have to do with the fact HE’S NOT ON PAY PER VIEW YOU STUPID ASS! If he were he would have. He still makes more on free tv that UFC people get who are on PPV. Frankie Edgar gets paid Dog shit with all the damn ppv points in the world.
Aereola made 20k because he’s a nobody who wouldnt break the top 10 if the Heavyweight Division wasnt so so horible. Danny Garcia made 3 million against matthese. Amir has often made over 2 million and from here on out Thurman will average over 2 million dollars a fight.
Did you see Kovolov last night? Are you honestly telling me that dude wont be making over 2 million a fight afte this? By the way a lot of people dont know that some fighters get 7 figure checks for signing with a promotion.
GGG, Kovolov, Ward, Broner, Khan, Mikey Garcia, Crawford, Canelo, Cotto, Klitchsko, Danny Garcia, Stevenson, , Quillon will all make millions as Boxers.
Errol Spence & Frankie Gomez are up and coing stars as well.
Standard & Poors isnt some rag tag organization. they project the future and took the fact that there were injuries taking place in the UFC when they made there assesment. They specifically said even though profits should increase they dont see themselves raising their credit ratings in the net few years. By the way UFC on Fox sports 1 averages 900k views a fight. Pathetic. Lets see what Boxing on Spike does. cant wait for those numbers.
Sal, you are retarded. Dana White can say whatever he wants, unless they randomly tested a fighter out of competition, these guys will cycle off. Funny how Sal has no clue how peds work and proved it by his idiotic statements. Sal gets his education from Bob Arum who he blows everyday because he is a boxing troll who is paid in food stamps.
Amusing how Sal thinks he influences anyone’s statements. Sal suffers from delusions of grandeur. Meanwhile, he’s shitting in his diapers.
Hahaha. Sal you are double my age you weird geriatric. By the way, I’ve been to tons of ufc’s, far more than you have, as well as I’ve been to a number of other mma events. I knew more about this sport in the 90s when I was a kid, than you know now you wheelchair bound, shit smelling, diabetic.
Talk about pathetic. Sal’s predictions this year for ufc ppv’s….0-3. HAHAHAHA!!!!
Fighbusiness- No shit he isn’t on ppv, because he can’t sell one you fucking idiot and would never make a dollar off of a ppv. Frankie Edgar doesn’t have ppv points in his contract as far as I know. The champions all do. He isn’t one. By the way, there are plenty of boxing champs who make substantially less than what Berto made, fuck face.
“Aereola made 20k because he’s a nobody who wouldnt break the top 10 if the Heavyweight Division wasnt so so horible.”
He definitely is not a nobody that’s why he fought on the main card idiot.
“Danny Garcia made 3 million against matthese. ”
False. He made 2 million. This is amusing how frequently you blatantly lie.
http://www.tsmplug.com/richlist/danny-garcia-net-worth/
“Amir has often made over 2 million and from here on out Thurman will average over 2 million dollars a fight.”
You gave a purse range of 2-5m with no evidence of those fighters getting anywhere near 5m. Amir Khan made less than a million dollars for his last fight. Has Thurman ever received 2m for a fight in his career? His last fight he made 1.5m, and you are claiming he will avg over 2 and be in the 2-5m range per fight which in itself is an implied contradiction.
“Did you see Kovolov last night? Are you honestly telling me that dude wont be making over 2 million a fight afte this? By the way a lot of people dont know that some fighters get 7 figure checks for signing with a promotion.”
No, I almost never watch boxing. Most of the fights these days are horribly dull. Again, what evidence do you have to support your claims?? Oh yeah, none. By the way, we’ve already seen signing bonuses in the UFC from years ago when Couture’s contract was disclosed.
“GGG, Kovolov, Ward, Broner, Khan, Mikey Garcia, Crawford, Canelo, Cotto, Klitchsko, Danny Garcia, Stevenson, , Quillon will all make millions as Boxers.”
As will a number of ufc fighters.
“Errol Spence & Frankie Gomez are up and coing stars as well.”
Who will never sell a ppv.
“Standard & Poors isnt some rag tag organization. they project the future and took the fact that there were injuries taking place in the UFC when they made there assesment. They specifically said even though profits should increase they dont see themselves raising their credit ratings in the net few years. ”
No, they aren’t some rag tag organization, but you lead the way with cherry picking statistics and blatantly lying. Where did S & P make those claims that they specifically said they don’t see themselves raising their credit rating in the next few years? Here was the analysis from mmapayout:
” it stated that Zuffa’s outlook is stable and 2015 will be a recovery year for the company. This is based on the belief that injured fighters return and PPV buys and ticket prices increase.”
Shameless.
“By the way UFC on Fox sports 1 averages 900k views a fight. Pathetic. Lets see what Boxing on Spike does. cant wait for those numbers.”
Spiketv has far more avg. viewers than FOX does, seeing how it is an upstart tv station. To compare the two would be absurd. You are just mad because the PBC on NBC failed miserably in comparison to the debut of the UFC on FOX. This also dismisses the fact that the PBC has to bring in bigger ratings that the UFC does in order to stay afloat because they require more revenue because their overhead is massive.
You are as big of a moron as Sal is. I feel bad for you.
D- How old are you D? I’m just curious. You were saying in an earlier post you were younger than some other commenter
I’m a lot younger than Sal. How old are you? You seem like you are 10.
I’m 37. In all seriousness how old are you?
I’m younger than you are.
how much? i;m not asking for your social security number. you can be 35 or 18
D wants to remain as anonymous as possible so he can spew his bs secretively
Great ufc card better than most of the non sense boxing puts out, too bad it won’t sell much. Ufc is in trouble with RDA another champ on PEDs. Looks like Joanna gets paid more for one fight than most of these trolls do in 2 years and D’s ebay business in 5.
Fightbusiness is attempting to stalk me. I’m starting to suspect he and the gayest could be one in the same.
MMAFAG is an alias for one of the many trolls on here. He is as retarded as Sal and very well may be Sal.
Yea D knows how to cycle on and off of PED’s and so does Anderson! and dozens of other UFC fighters that have already been caught!!!! bahahahahah What a desperate ass clown . Keep typing D you look more and more like a desperate loser everyday. hA The ufc just lost 2 supposed new stars to 2 unmarketable fighters. Dana and the UFC are played PED clean up, but D knows how to cycle drugs to pass the test so all is good, the fighters that got caught should have just asked D what to do bahahahah D is the stupidest person ever!!! hahaha
D and mike tyson are taking over the future of sports business hahahaha
Stick to ebay
Sal, what point are you trying to make, idiot? I acknowledged a lot of fighters are using peds just like they are in every sport. My point was, you couldn’t identify the guy who is clearly cheating- Dos Anjos, you stupid fucking idiot. Every statement you make, displays your pure stupidity. The rest of what you are saying is just another one of your ramblings that are completely incoherent.
Change your diapers you dirty old fuck.
Looks like the ufc is on life support. RIP ufc