PBC on ESPN this past Saturday drew 1.073 million viewers according to Sports TV Ratings. The event, which went from 9-10:57pm ET featured Danny Garcia taking on Paulie Malignaggi.
Garcia defeated Paulie with a 9th round TKO in a fight that was dominated by the Philly fighter. The first fight of the night was short-lived but had an exciting first round between Sergio Mora and Daniel Jacobs. Both were knocked down in round 1. Mora suffered a fractured ankle in the second round and could not continue.
It’s the second event on ESPN and outdrew the debut (which garnered 800,000 viewers) two weeks ago.
Payout Perspective:
Overall, the ratings are a vast improvement from the Friday Night Fight telecasts which only averaged 381,000 viewers. This past Saturday’s fight was much better than two weeks prior. Still, Garcia and Paulie are well-known fighters and ESPN promoted the event pretty well. Yet, it eeked over 1 million viewers. Couple that with the fact the UFC Prelims topped cable sports TV Saturday night with 1.3 million viewers and the high ratings might also be seen as a disappointment.
FNF did 1/3rd of these ratings, and cost 1/20th to put together. Again, I don’t see how PBC plans to make money with these results. Garcia and Paulie don’t fight for peanuts. Neither does Jacobs. Maybe next time Garcia won’t fight a handpicked opponent who got blown out in his last fight. But he probably will because it’s boxing and that’s just how it works.
The fact that a championship fight with one of their highest profile fighters (Garcia) got beat by UFC Prelims headlined by Demian Maia should be embarrassing for PBC.
Ouch.
http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/fox-sports-announces-pbc-tuesday-night-series-300649…. more exposure for upcoming boxers! Hahahahahaha
Muhammad ali act being pursued by wand and duran…goood news for ufc fighters! hahahaha
Beat off UFC prelims headlined by Maia- Magny that did 1.3 million on a much smaller channel
0.4 for PBC, 0.6 for UFC in 18-49 demo, spin that.
What did PBC peak at tho?
The first fight ended in the 2nd round and they threw two goofballs in the ring to fill time until the main event.
I wonder how many viewers changed the channel because of that
Garcia is gonna have a big named opponent next fight.
Andre Ward will be featured on the Canelo-Cotto ppv fyi
HAHAHAHA!!! Holy shit more bad news for PBC. Wasn’t this supposed to be PBC’s ESPN break out show?? I guess not. Decent numbers if it was a low cost event, not for an event that costs 5-6m to promote with no right’s fees on the table. Another massive financial loss for PBC.
You notice how the Gayest will do everything he can to spin his bullshit. You act like those things don’t happen to UFC shows. As a matter of fact, the UFC shows are typically longer which brings down the average.
PBC will be out of business within a year.
They already paid for two years so no they wont be out of business.
Honestly i expected better ratings.
Paulie is washed so u can throw some blame on that but Garcia cant put asses in the seats unless he faces someone that can challenge him.
Boxing has big fights comin up, and honestly most arent on PBC.
PBC and Haymon need to stop fuckin around.
I get that they are building their stable and dont want to start killing them off, but they need to start giving us fights we want. Aug 29 card is good.
The three in between are shit with the exception of Tarver-Cunningham which is still kinda a shit card.
Hahaha. You are such an idiot and expose yourself for the moron you are every time you post. A year from now they will be 1 year, 5 months in. I guarantee you that hedge fund has a buy out clause. If something drastic doesn’t change, they absolutely will be done. They can’t sustain these losses. Since Hayman can’t promote fights because of the Ali Act, these fights also have an added cost of paying out a promoter just to put their name on the top of the promotion. Overpaid purses, horribly expensive ideas with new camera’s, stage, jumbo tron, etc. This is doomed.
On another note- the Mayweather-Berto fight which is now official for ppv will draw less ppv buys than at least 4 UFC’s this year, if not more. The UFC will also outdraw boxing in ppv buys again this year for 8 out of the last 9 years. As it stands now- even with that bullshit, inflated number on May-Pac, the UFC is ahead with bigger ppvs coming up still this year.
This must be driving the Gayest crazy.
Any data on how many boxing shows on tv before pbc compared to now? Minimal tv just hbo nd showtime boxing produced ppv stars now with more tv in pbc i. Two years time there would be more ppv stars….hahahahahaha
Boxing has Cotto-Canelo. Thats 1m-1.5m
Ggg-Lemiux, Mayorga-Mosley II and Mayweather-Berto.
Your looking at 2m right there.
So boxing wins again
Lol at D for dancing up and down because it took 9 UFC ppvs to equal 1 boxing match.
the event peaked at 1.5 million. these are numbers espn has never seen for boxing. remember PBC is all over the place and these are shitty cards. stay on one damn place and give good cards and the numbers will be 1.5 to 2.5 million. that should get them a deal.
http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2015/08/premier-boxing-champions-on-espns-garcia-vs-malignaggi-delivers-largest-boxing-audience-on-espn-since-1998/
1.5 million peak for a shitty card is promising
the ufc will absoluetly not do more than boxing this year in ppv’s. what on god’s green earth are you talking about? Boxing will do about 6.3 million ppv bu this year.
4.6 million may vs pac (the fight that couldnt do over 3 million, lol)
cotto vs canelo (1 million)
berto vs mayweather (700k) joke fight
fuck mosley vs mayorga circus fight
where is the graph? what about the overnight masturbation numbers? Oh wait! what about the live+S.D “Suck my Dick” figure. Im sure someone DVR’d it. What about the age demo bullshit figure that means nothing? Why isn’t there a lame, old, tired excuse like women’s dike bowling was on at the same time? I think the lack of masturbation and penis pulling shows that this was not a UFC show!!
“Boxing has Cotto-Canelo. Thats 1m-1.5m
Ggg-Lemiux, Mayorga-Mosley II and Mayweather-Berto.
Your looking at 2m right there.
So boxing wins again
Lol at D for dancing up and down because it took 9 UFC ppvs to equal 1 boxing match.”
This is what a brain dead retard comes up with.
GGG’s fight will do 300k. At most Cotto-Canelo will do 1m. Mayweather Berto…less than 700k. Mayorga-Mosley if it goes down will be a joke that hits 100k buys.
The UFC has a massive fight coming up in December with Aldo-McGregor and it looks like its headed back to Vegas now. They are going to hit well over 7m buys as long as that fight goes down as it looks like they are planning.
And again, since you are an idiot that can’t grasp this concept, if boxing spread out their ppvs, they would have less buys per fight card. You just can’t accept this reality because you are an idiot. When they tried last year, with 7 ppvs, they did less than the prior 2 years and more this year with less ppvs. They don’t have the star power, the fans don’t want to pay for that many fights in boxing, and the promotions put huge amounts of money into those few ppvs.
Fagbusiness you are retarded and it seems you are in complete denial.
First off, 1m avg viewers is shit numbers for a big named fighter like Danny Garcia and with purses that range in the 3m area plus production costs ranging around 2-3m. This can’t continue. They are losing millions. The UFC’s prelims beat this show. Haha.
“the ufc will absoluetly not do more than boxing this year in ppv’s. what on god’s green earth are you talking about? Boxing will do about 6.3 million ppv bu this year.”
Either delusions or you can’t count. After this Rousey fight gets tallied, the UFC is already at around 5.2m buys. Then they still have 4 more ppvs left with the biggest one of the year headed for December.
Johnson-Dodson…..150k buys
Gus-Cormier………….300k buys
Lawler-Condit……….300k buys
Aldo-McGregor…….has the potential to do 2m buys. It is going to be the biggest fight in the history of the promotion. All it would need is around 1m buys for the UFC to hit 7m which would be enough to beat boxing this year in buys even with that delusional Bob Arum May-Pac number. The most boxing will do is in the low 6m’s. If Aldo-McGregor goes down in December, they will destroy boxing and do more buys in a year where boxing had its biggest fight in history. Haha.
Why is Sal so fixated on penises and incoherent drivel? Probably because he is a mentally ill homosexual.
Fagbusiness, you better honor our bet when these final numbers for UFC 190 come in. They are going to push the UFC’s ppv buys to over 5m.
Ufc fanboys are in full force…ufc is desperate….hahahahaha
Loan due…..dw is hyping all over the place giving a number on rousey vs cyborg which is not yet happening….hahahaha
Loan due? Haha. They could make that payment in full from the ppv revenue alone this year. Biggest year ever for the UFC. Anti-UFC/MMA trolls are in full force because of the success.
They pay a lot of money to the media for the hype…..they cant pay the loan oh no! hahahahaha
UFC prelims > one of boxings top fighters on a much bigger network, out come the boxing strolls to spin it and direct the talk back on UFC about something, fighter pay, loans etc.
Anything to deflect away from prelims from Brazil on a network in 15 million less homes than ESPN beating out a world champ and one of boxings best.
Thats just the FACTS, spin and deflect all you want, men lie, women like, NUMBERS DONT.
HAHAHAHA
Last time I checked 1.5m is more than 1.3m so that means PBC>UFC, yea numbers dont lie.
Like 4.4mppv buys in a fight that grossed half a billion dollars.
Or the over 20 boxers thatll make more than $1m for a single fight.
Or that in Nevada the annual salary for a janitor is $26k while a UFC fighters annual salary is $25k, average of course.
Numbers dont lie, but D does.
UFCs not at 5.2mil u idiot, that would mean UFC 190 did 1.1m buys which is just stupid.
Your boy Metzler says if everything goes perfect they’ll top out at 800k, so im thinkin 600k.
Also UFC 189 isn’t official yet so your still in the 3.1m range ass boy.
I guess the UFC and PBC both peaked at 1.5m.
So they got the same views.
Tie goes to the runner, boxing wins.
PBC Draws 1.073 million
UFC Prelims Draws 1.3 million
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
UFC peaked at 1.6 mill, prelims on a network in 15 million less homes than ESPN beat out one of boxings top star champs.
Peak numbers moron.
If u were watching PBC u would know that it was a 45min wait from the opening event to the main event due to an injury.
They threw a filler fight to fill in time that ended in a quick KO.
So yea ppl changed the channel
Oh wow bro 1.6m
Why not 2.3m like Canelo on a channel you have to PAY for?
Last time I checked 1.599m is more than 1.5m so that means UFC>PBC, yea, numbers don’t lie. You need to actually stop making up delusions and cherry picking statistics. Those were the peaks for the events. Nice try.
4.4m…..according to boxing promoters, no one unbiased.
There aren’t 20 boxers who make over 1m consistently for a fight and the majority of them are overpaid and their promotions are going to go under soon.
The average salary for a UFC fighter is higher than the average salary for a banner promoted boxer. The problem is idiots like you ignore what prelim boxers make and main card fighters who get paid dirt. Most boxers lose money to fight. That is a fact. The overwhelming majority who fight on prelims make 2-3k for big events.
Numbers don’t lie, but the Gayest’s world revolves around lies.
According to Jeremy Botter, UFC 190 is ranging around 1.1-1.2m buys. When questioned if he got his information from the UFC, he said no, and then also pointed out that the number going over 1m was a fact. He is a reputable writer for Bleacher report and has a million times more credibility than Bob Arum and Leonard Ellerbe who you take as Gods. Dave Meltzer did not say it was topping out at 800k if everything went perfectly. You just made that up like you do everything. He said it was too early to predict because none of the cable numbers came in yet- he typically reports them on the following Thursday or Friday.
Also as for UFC 189, the numbers won’t be finalized for a long time, just like every ppv, but according to Meltzer, he is now saying it is in the 950k range. He always gives 3 different figures for a ppv- the opening estimates reported the following week, a closer estimate a few weeks later when many of the cable buys begin to come in, and then a final number much later. The 950k figure was his second number.
Of course you are thinking 600k when an expert is saying it could be over 1m, you are a retard.
UFC PPV’s over 5m already in August with a massive ppv coming up in December. The Gayest is self destructing. All of his predictions were dead wrong and there are now two UFC stars bigger than Floyd Mayweather when it comes to ppv.
Gayweather does under 700k with Berto.
I think UFC fans watch the prelims cuz they think the pay-per-view is going to accidentally play and no ones gonna notice.
“Peak numbers moron.
If u were watching PBC u would know that it was a 45min wait from the opening event to the main event due to an injury.
They threw a filler fight to fill in time that ended in a quick KO.
So yea ppl changed the channel”
BOTH THE PEAK AND AVERAGE NUMBERS FOR THE UFC PRELIMS WERE BETTER THAN THE PBC SHOW YOU STUPID FUCKING IDIOT!!!!!
I called May-Pac to be over 4m while u claimed it wouldn’t hit 3m moron.
Its also funny that when Velazquez only hits 300k it takes them three weeks to come out with that number but they can come out with Rhonda’s number being 1 million two days after the event?Bullshit they’re already claiming 1.1 mil and they still don’t even know what the paper view before that did, the fuck out of here you moron.
You’re still at 3 million before any things official and that’s how the game is played son.
4.4 mil one pay per view in the beginning of May.
You fucking retarded freak. I never said it wouldn’t hit 3m and I guarantee it didn’t hit 4m. Again, you are taking the word of the promoter you dumb shit.
Blotter made these statements yesterday which was 3 days later. There is also no they involved in this, it was him. Meltzer’s statements were that the satellite buys are through the roof and factoring that in with the google searches and cable pre buys this looks like it is bigger than 189 which he had at 950k. You also basically just admitted you lied about Meltzer’s statements, because you didn’t respond to what I pointed out. Don’t you realize how pathetic you are by just lying like that?
I notice you are self destructing because the UFC presently is looking like they are at roughly 5.2m buys and boxing is probably around 3.5m- they also had a few low profile Latino ppvs that may have bumped that up 50k, hahaha.
Thanks for also acknowledging you are a retard for lying about the PBC numbers.
UFC….more ppv buys once again than the boxing promotions combined. Rousey, McGregor, bigger ppv stars than Gayweather.
The Gayest must be on suicide watch. HAHAHAHAHA!!
*There is also no UFC involved in this*
Hahahaha…Chris is trying to spin his sensitive crybaby self sniff sniff hahahahaha…hirlarious
Reality check to UFC fanboys from Ronda Rousey. http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/8/5/9099403/ufc-boxing-news-interview-ronda-rousey-50-fights-to-make-floyd-mayweather-money. Hahahahahaha 50 more fights in a cheapie all hype promotion
I don’t get people on here comparing boxing to MMA. Both are combat sports but that is all they have in common. UFC is more like a league and has the bulk of the top MMA fighters, boxing has multiple promoters and is much more random with regards to its fights. The two business models are completely different UFC’s business will be much more steady but boxing once in awhile will put up a huge event. Also comparing Mayweather’s pay to Ronda Rousey’s is like comparing apples to oranges. Mayweather has his own promotion company so he is like Rousey and the ufc combined. With that he also has to pay his portion of the expenses of putting on the fight ie promotion and marketing. so for sure on a big fight Mayweather is going to get paid more. But he also takes the risk of an event not selling well or being cancelled due to injury or PED. All that being said I don’t think there is any doubt that ufc/mma has broader support than boxing at this time, but comparing the two is useless.
Tops still hasn’t hit puberty.
Boxing is averaging 4.4m a ppv this year.
Whats the UFC averaging, hmmmmmmmm?
You’re taking the Shill Metzlers word for it?
5.2m doesn’t even add up u idiot.
Realistically u would’ve got by with UFC 189 doing 950k. I didnt believe it but maybe cuz of the hype.
But then u idiots, the day after 190, are running around claiming 1.2m for a terrible card with really not that much hype behind it.
Its like they don’t know how to lie in a way thats believable.
I don’t believe any of that shit that any of them come up with now cuz it doesn’t make sense.
Who was the guy, Blood Lane or something who dropped the bombshell that UFC 100 didn’t even crack 1mil and that the UFC routinely puts out false numbers.
PPV reached 1M —DW….. i need to fight 50 times more —Ronda Rousey…..for 1 mayweather fight…..hahahahaha….all hype…mayweather will fight again this year so ronda needs to fight 75 x or more? hahahaha tsktsktsk
Jason…did fox pay media rights fee to PBC?
Hahahaha. Constantly devolving argument. Very amusing. So now, you are going back to average ppvs as I explained why that is absurd, not to mention you are again going by the word of the promoter and more importantly, that wasn’t the only boxing ppv this year. There were a few minor ones that no one bought.
Yes, I am taking Meltzer’s word for it- the same Meltzer who you just literally made up a lie about his comments you delusional freak. How do you take yourself seriously? You are a brain dead retard, Meltzer has respect and credibility from everyone within the industry and does not get along with Dana White. Also, his WWE numbers that he’s presented have been fact checked and have been spot on. His numbers are accurate.
5.2m doesn’t add up for someone who is in complete denial about reality and basic math.
No one has claimed UFC 100 didn’t do 1m buys, you are a mutant on a career retard level.
UFC killing it this year- boxing…about to die.
McGregor, Rousey are bigger ppv stars than Mayweather!!! HAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Tops desperately hoping someone pays PBC. Hundreds of millions down the drain. Boxing fanboys in desperation mode. HAHAHAHA!!!
Meltzer isnt 100 percent right but he gives you an idea.
He’s such a shill he posts UFC PPV doing record lows like MM headlined cards doing 100-120k buys. Yeah way to shill for UFC Dave. LOL
http://www.boxingnews24.com/2015/08/fox-sports-telecasts-premier-boxing-champions-under-multi-year-media-rights-deal/….jason is it a media rights deal?
all this stuff doesn’t matter kids, once the discovery is public from the ufc law suite all you fuck clowns will cower in shock. All the mma websites will go offline and or report on some mma fight in Afghanistan lol. Most ufc fighters will be silent but a few who cant help it will comment and the shit storm will begin. hahaha stay tuned ufc whores! the big dick is coming. D back at 7 eleven or maybe a bus station mens room giving blow jobs for small change. hahaha
Open the books D.
Dana White has admitted that hell have mods on Sherdog and other mma websites take things off or kill threads he doesnt like.
D runs from Sherdog because he knows his own mma kin would call him a retard.
The best forum on Sherdog is the boxing section, no joke.
The big dick is coming
saldadouche, you seem to know a lot about making money in men’s rooms. Good for you. I hope your skill set takes you far in life.
Now perhaps you would like to explain (preferably in a coherent manner) why all of us fuck clowns are going to cower in shock once the discovery from the lawsuit is made public?
Metzler said 189 and 190 lookin like 800k, maybe lower.
Uh ohhhhhhhhhhh
The Gayest, do you even know what you are saying? Go look at the comment section under the articles- no one gives a shit about or reads the boxing sections. They are mostly diehard mma fans on sherdog who have been following them for years but are starting to get fed up with the fact that sherdog is adding a lot more boxing content these days. It doesn’t mean fans are actually reading it. Boxing fans mostly read boxingscene, badlefthook, etc. Sherdog can’t compete with the big sites anymore and are trying something new which is very foolish and proven it doesn’t work. As for the rest of your rant, no, again, most of the people on there are mma fans- there are always a few boxing trolls- because boxing fans are insecure freaks who are terrified of mma taking over- which it is. They still think guys like Art Jimmerson were robbed in their UFC appearances….they are brain dead and delusional.
I don’t think I’ve ever agreed with anything Dana White said when it came down to actual figures other than gate figures which he has to report to the athletic commissions and can’t lie about. What’s ironic, is that I know White is full of shit, but when someone with integrity calls out Schaeffer, Espinoza, Arum, Ellerbe, etc on their lies, you are the first to defend them, you mutant. Promoters are liars in both sports. They do it to protect their interests.
Also, you are lying again about Meltzer. How do you take yourself seriously? Here is exactly what he said about 190:
““As far as North America goes, it will probably beat every WrestleMania ever. Maybe, maybe not Austin-Rock (WM17), but I can’t be sure,”
WM17 did 970k buys, so he is pointing it out that Rousey may have eclipsed 970k.
As for UFC 189, his last estimate was 950k which is why MMAPAYOUT posted it.
Stop with all of your lies idiot-you have zero credibility.
Ur an idiot WM17 did 1.04m buys. Mayweathers wrestlemania did 1.06 million buys.
The highest selling Wrestlemania was 28 and that did 1.2m buys.
The WWE might have more 1m ppvs than the UFC
And Metzler is saying 800k
“Ur an idiot WM17 did 1.04m buys. Mayweathers wrestlemania did 1.06 million buys.
The highest selling Wrestlemania was 28 and that did 1.2m buys.
The WWE might have more 1m ppvs than the UFC
And Metzler is saying 800k”
First off you fucking idiot- that was a QUOTE FROM DAVE MELTZER YOU UNBELIEVABLY STUPID SHIT!!! HIS WORDS!! NOT 800k!!! Arguably over 970k.
The figures for the ppv buy rate for that Wrestlemania were by the journalist. The quote was from Meltzer, so that means it may have done well over a million based on his words. You are a fucking retard.
Also- that 970k figure was probably accurate- Wrestlemania was featured throughout the world on ppv. The 970k was mentioned in N. America, not the world.
http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_26835.shtml
“Metzler said 189 and 190 lookin like 800k, maybe lower.
Uh ohhhhhhhhhhh”
Your source: “…with the Ronda Rousey headlined event trending ahead of these figures. However, it’s still too early to pin down a buyrate range just yet.”
So in other words, you fucking lied. He is saying it is estimated to be over 850k buys for 190.
Stop lying. That’s all you do.