The Figure Four Weekly is reporting that trending numbers for UFC 117 were off and the early estimates coming in from cable companies now peg the event closer to 600,000 PPV buys. UFC staff was told early last week that the UFC 117 numbers were looking to be just under 600,000 buys, significantly down from […]
Archives for August 2010
UFC on Versus 2: Attendance, Gate, Payouts
UFC on Versus 2 drew 8,132 fans to the San Diego Sports Arena on August 1 for a live gate of $489,685. The card was headlined by rising star Jon Jones and the experienced Vladimir Matyushenko. The disclosed fighter (courtesy of f4wonline.com) and bonus payouts for the card are as follows: Main Event Jon Jones […]
UFC 117 Payouts
The California State Athletic Commission has released fighter payouts for UFC 117. Anderson Silva and Matt Hughes topped the list with $200,000 each. In total, the UFC paid out $1.029 million in disclosed payouts and another $300,000 in disclosed bonuses. Note: that the money reported below is only the money required to be reported by […]
EA Sports MMA Reveals HW & LHW Roster Plus Online Features
EA Sports MMA announced their Heavyweight roster last week as a marketing strategy to release each one of their weight class rosters during the month of August. Earlier today, they followed last weeks pattern and released the Light Heavyweight roster along with an Online features promotional video. EA Sports is ramping up their advertising and […]
Ontario to Legalize MMA
MMA is officially coming to Ontario! An announcement was made by Sophia Aggelonitis on an Ontario Government website Saturday, declaring that MMA events will be legalized and regulated in the Canadian province by early 2011. Ontario is taking steps to allow professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events in the province. The province would adopt […]