MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for UFC 167. The attendance was the second highest reported gate in the UFC’s history at the MGM Grand Arena since UFC 148 and the night’s main event scored the Fight of the Night.
The reported attendance and gate announced at the post-fight press conference was 14,856 for a live gate of $5.7 million. As always, the Nevada State Athletic Commission will confirm the numbers in the coming weeks. It comes second to only Silva-Sonnen II at UFC 148 for biggest gate at the MGM Grand.
Also announced at the post-fight presser were the bonuses which were the standard $50,000 each and were as follows as:
Fight of the Night: GSP-Hendricks
Submission of the Night: Donald Cerrone
KO of the Night: Tyron Woodley
Payout Perspective:
As we reported Friday, UFC 167 was a hot ticket as they were going for an average of $580 per ticket on the secondary market. While the reported gate does not consider the secondary market, it was a good indicator of how lucrative it would be. A GSP fight with the rumors (and now maybe reality) that this may be his last time in the Octagon drove the interest for this fight. As for the bonuses, all seemed spot on and we have not heard the last of the controversial decision in the main event as well as GSP’s “leave”.
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