Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that UFC 175 will do a gate of $5 million as well as provide an economic impact of $175 million for the city of Las Vegas.
It will be the most expensive ticket of 2014 for the UFC and if Dana White’s estimate is correct, it would be the sixth-largest UFC gate in Nevada history. This would eclipse UFC 79 (GSP-Hughes, $4.9M) from December 2007 and be right behind UFC 100 (Lesnar-Mir, $5.1M). Both of these fights took place at the Mandalay Bay which is smaller than the MGM.
In addition, the Iole article referred to a Las Vegas analyst estimating that UFC weekend in Vegas would have an economic impact of $175 million.
Payout Perspective:
As we indicated a couple days ago, the tickets for this event will likely be the hottest and most expensive this year. With fewer seats, there is more demand for this event. As for the economic impact estimate, it seems like a high number despite running two events and having the UFC Expo the same weekend. Last year I had ask the tourism board about estimates on attendance and they did not know. There are a lot of ancillary things going on in Vegas this weekend (and every weekend for that matter) so maybe the estimates include these things. Obviously, travel, hotel and food may be included in this study. Still, the estimate is high. Perhaps they chose $175M to match UFC 175.
we dont need conspiracy theories on economic impact numbers ok, jASSon. if rebney or coker announced that number youd totally agree with it, no hesitation. keep hating on the UNSTOPPABLE MACHINE that is the UFC biooooooootch!
oh and btw UFC Fight Week is uh, guess what? A WHOLE FUCKING WEEK long num nuts. THATS where they get the estimate douche-nozzle
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Mayweather vs Madaina did a 15 million live gate & Pac vs Bradly 2 did 7.8 live gate. Even Cotto vs Martinez did 4.5 million with no undercard. Cmon UFC this is arguably your biggest fight of the year. Show us how much more popular you are than Boxing. I expect at least 600 k ppv buys otherwise its a fail given whose fighting.
HAHAHA!!! Sal where you at? 5m gate certainly beats Cotto dummy. Sal dead wrong again!!! When the ppv numbers easily beat Cotto, are you going to run away from this one Sal, or are you going to come up with more excuses?
Fightbusiness, more of your bullshit exaggerations. Mayweather is not reflective of the rest of boxing and he’s got 3 fights left. Pac vs Bradley did far less revenue than Weidman-Silva II.
Cotto-Martinez will be dwarfed by this fight in overall revenue. Also, there are more big fights to come in the 2nd half. 600k buys would not be a fail either, Machida has never been a draw in his career. If Weidman fought someone as high caliber as Jones, Silva, etc. then 600k would be a fail.
You prove again you are a moronic troll.
No excuse Daaruk, I’m sure they will have a great weekend. Its also an estimate and the UFC needs to seem viable with some sort of good news to make the press, how much of it is actually true who knows. Is Dana adding in the UFC weekend package deal to the gate revenue? I bet he is. What a shame about Aldo, the UFC cant catch a break. lets see what the PPv numbers do before you go counting turds in the toilet.
So far its looks like another looser if they cant do at least 500k Its the biggest show of the year. Some good fights too. All I see form you Daaruk is side talk and excuses and complete propaganda. So far Cotto, who was basically a done fighter, has done as much as the last 2 ufc ppvs so far and could easily do as many as 175. Plus he did over a million on HBO ouch what an amazing replay number. UFC would blow don king for those numbers. All and all I like this card of 175 I will be watching it. Jason does an excellent job of reporting information and allowing us to express our opinion etc on here.
Lets see UFC has had the worst PPv numbers in its existence in 2014, Fight night number suck, worst TUF numbers ever, lost 2 major draws, steroid ped scandal, no NY MMA, last ppv probably did worse then bellator’s. More fighters hurt, Fox deal is performing poorly, and no real winner ‘yet’ to pull it out of the worst year ever. So they estimate 5 million for 175, had to have some kind of good news coming from them even if its a bunch of hype who knows. MGM holds 16800 so at 5 mil that like $300 a ticket and no comps yea right
@saldathief Are you saying that the PPV numbers have been worse this year than they were from 1993-2007? Thats a big statement! Although a quick browse of PPV buys proves that once again you are lying. At least tell lies that aren’t easy to easy to debunk
Side talk? Excuses? Propaganda? That’s usually all you do. I destroy you with facts and then you accuse me of doing “research”. As if that is some sort of flaw.
You are still exaggerating though. This probably isn’t going to be the biggest ufc of the year- Jones-Gus probably will. Machida has never been a big draw although this seems like Weidman really is turning into one.
If Cotto was a done fighter, why did you expect his ppv to sell 500k buys? And if you think this fight will only do 300k buys, you are delusional. Plus the last 2 ufc’s were the lowest profile fights they’ve had in a while. I think everyone would agree Johnson shouldn’t have been on ppv. Also, the Cotto replay didn’t do over a million on hbo and it is an inflated number because it is on right before a big live fight was on.
I agree Jason and co. do a very good job reporting information, it is just pathetic how most of the trolls on here don’t accept that information to be legit.
Truth is Sally, you should have just came on here and said something along the lines of “yeah, you proved me wrong again for the 10,000th time”. Hahahaha.
Again, you are an idiot. This is like shooting fish in a barrel- the ufc’s ppv numbers in 2014 so far despite having no major fights yet are not even close to the worst ppv numbers in its existence. There were years where they didn’t even break 100k for a show.
Fight Night/TUF numbers are low because they are on FS1 and their ratings are better than almost everything that FS1 has. It is the station, not the sport dummy.
Every sport has a steroid/PED scandal, some people are just too stupid to comprehend this.
MMA wasn’t voted on in NY because of political corruption, nothing more. Who cares? They don’t need New York. If anything, this goes to show how dominant they are, considering the massive numbers they’ve been putting up despite not being in a big market like that.
The last UFC ppv most likely did not do less than Bellator. The estimation as of now is that it did 125k. Which is 125k more ppv buys than Andre Ward has ever done in his life.
FOX deal is going very good. They are dominating in the 18-35 demo. Look forward to the next at least 4 plus years of the UFC on FOX, and most likely longer.
Again, revenue is more important than capacity. Who cares how many comps as long as they did 5m? You are a dummy.
Sal a little red in the face after getting embarrassed yet again. Hahaha.
D…
You keep saying the UFC will come back in the “second half” of the year.. but we’re already there. The 2 biggest PPVS (175 and JBJ rematch) will likely do somewhere in the 1-1.2 M range combined. The rest of the PPVs will likely be <350k, judging by current trends.
I hope the UFC can re-group by the end of the year and comeback with a much stronger 2015. The 50 card a year thing isn't offering quality events to the fans. They're stretched thin for headliners and fights – they can't even find a reasonable fill in for UFC 176 next month… that's scary.
I hope they can rise up from all this and start offering quality again, and make PPV events… special! @ $60 a pop they have to differentiate this from the standard drivel on TV.
D- you have more excuses than Donna White “mayweather isnt reflective of Boxing” no shit Sherlock neither is Weidman he is probably their best PR prospect right now. Thats why it did a 5 million gate. Your champ Jon Jones is a ratings bust. What excuses do you have for him? Also why are you comparing Weidman/Silva 2 with Cotto Martinez???? That was an epic rematch that everyone wanted to see mayweather vs Canelo would be a more fair comparison. Who won that PR battle. 2.5 milion PPV>.HAHAHA by the way what did you think of UFC’s lastest ratings on FS1. HAHAHA. You better pray this does at least 600k ppv’s otherwise its over.
D- stop it with your lies. Cotto’s replay did do 1 million views. A fuckin replay HAHAHA. By the way what excuses do you have with Gamboa and Crawford’s latest numbers. Almost 1.3 million. GGG is fighting this weekend as well. More excuses on the way
Leon, no we aren’t. Not until Saturday night. July is the 7th month of the year, hence the opening month of the 3rd qtr.
You also assume those will be the only two big fights of the year. There may very well be something else. Pettis-Melendez could wind up doing big numbers also. We don’t know yet, because the full schedule hasn’t been released yet. To assume everything else will be under 350k, is foolish, you are taking a 6 month span while dismissing everything that happened prior to that. Pretty unreasonable. Granted, the numbers will be down from last year because of the GSP/Silva departures, just like boxing will be down when Pac/Mayweather retire-even more so here though.
You act like boxing isn’t watered down and now they are having a lot of ppvs, nearly as many as the ufc. They want to expand, this is how they feel they can do it. Also if you think doing fight nights where they are coming close to a million gate per fight with horribly low quality lineups and a low payroll is a bad decision business wise because they are watering down their cards, you may want to reevaluate your business perspective.
I do agree though that fights like Johnson at 174, should never be on ppv. That should be on free tv and the fans showed this by the low buy rate. But most of their ppvs are high quality title fights.
Fightbusiness, you little troll, the UFC has a variety of fighters that they can sell a ppv with, BOXING DOES NOT!!! Their is a much more drastic dropoff from Mayweather to the next boxer than there is in mma from the top star to the next top star. For example- GSP/Silva were not far off in terms of ppv last year. This year it will be Weidman or Jones/Gus. Boxing doesn’t have that second draw. For a few years Mayweather/Pac were somewhat close, but Mayweather was always clearly no. 1. Not the same in the ufc idiot.
Jon Jones is a ratings bust? Uh, he’s done millions in more ppv buys than Andre Ward, the second best boxer in the world. By the way, Jones is not the best p4p fighter. He lost to Gustafsson, but that is besides the point.
Why am I comparing Cotto-Martinez to Weidman-Silva II? Maybe because I didn’t you stupid idiot. Go back and read the conversation.
Who won the PR battle between the UFC and boxing ppv wise for the last 7 years? HAHAHAHA.
Cotto-Martinez replay…………….”ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that the replay of the Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez fight on HBO drew 970,000 viewers ”
Not a million Idiot.
Also, those replay numbers come right before they had a big live fight on HBO. If they had the fight by itself that night, it would night have drawn those numbers. Plus it was a ppv from the week prior. It wasn’t some archived fight from months ago.
Crawford-Gamboa numbers- yeah, why don’t we talk about that massive gate they did which hit a whole 500k. Pathetic. For example, the UFC did Marquardt-Te Huna did $913,000. That is for a fight headlined by 2 fighters that were coming off of multiple losses and neither were ranked anywhere near the top 10 in their division. Marquardt lost 3 in a row prior to that fight. Te Huna lost 2 in a row. Also the Stephens fight that same night did a gate bigger than Gamboa who is a bigger star in boxing than any of the headliners were in the ufc fights that night. 2 bs ufc’s out gained a good boxing headliner at the gate. Keep exaggerating your numbers dummy.
I don’t expect much from a guy who can’t even read the ppv numbers listed clearly on this website, but even you have out moroned yourself here.
D- I guess I have to speak your language since thats all you understand. You are very dumb and make excuses. Oh wow 970,000 is so far from one million. Also HBO replayed the fight repeatedely dummy so the probably did more than one million. People arent going to travel to fuckin Nebraska to watch a fight because there’s nothing to do there except milk fuckin cows. Mayweathers last PPV did 850k Pac’s did 775. Thats pretty close. You did also compare Weidman/Silva 2 to Cotto Martinez you fuckin dummy. Your quote is right above and cant be taken down. You said this upcoming Weidman fight will dwarf Cotto Martinez. Why the comparison? Would it darf Cotto vs Canelo? Jon Jones is a ratings bust. He only had one big ppv. Over the past year he’s done nothing. His last ppv did fucking 350k. Haha horrible for a undefeated fighter in his prime who has a strong division. I dont expect much from a guy who cant see the clear ldecline in interest in MMA.
Haha. You are calling me dumb? You are the same guy who didn’t know the ufc ppv numbers that are listed on this site- a site that is called mma payout. HAHAHA!
970k is very close to a million. This was my quote that you falsely contradicted:
“the Cotto replay didn’t do over a million on hbo”
Your response: “stop it with your lies. Cotto’s replay did do 1 million views. ”
HAHAHAHA!!! Talk about a a smoking gun moron. Don’t you trolls have any shame?
“Also HBO replayed the fight repeatedely dummy so the probably did more than one million. ”
What??? So does every fight that is replayed. What is your point? The key is the average when something is aired. You don’t combine viewership and total that up for separate airings. Wow.
Haha. More exaggerations. Mayweather’s last ppv did 850k buys against a no named opponent. Pac’s did 775k against in a highly anticipated rematch. Pac’s biggest ppv buy rate as was 1.3m, Floyd has done 2 ppvs over 2million plus buys, one of which he was the A fighter for. He consistently clearly outgains Pac. Pac-Rios did 475k. It isn’t even close. Not to mention it isn’t just Jones/Weidman, St Pierre/Silva who can draw big ppv numbers. There are a variety of fighters who have done big numbers- more so than in boxing where it is consolidated into only 2 boxers at any given time.
“You did also compare Weidman/Silva 2 to Cotto Martinez you fuckin dummy. Your quote is right above and cant be taken down. You said this upcoming Weidman fight will dwarf Cotto Martinez. Why the comparison? ”
Oh my God you are a stupid fuck. Here is my quote:
“Cotto-Martinez will be dwarfed by this fight in overall revenue. Also, there are more big fights to come in the 2nd half. 600k buys would not be a fail either, Machida has never been a draw in his career. ”
I was talking about Weidman-Machida idiot! Go read the context of the response. See what equally moronic Sal was arguing that I was responding to. HAHAHA!! You are such a moron.
Again, you can’t even read the information provided on this site: Jones has done 3 ppvs that have exceeded 520k buys. He only did 350k against a non draw. How did Canelo do against Angulo? Horrible for arguably the second biggest draw in boxing with a loaded division. If Jon Jones( A guy that has sold several million ppvs) is a ratings bust, then what is the 2nd best p4p fighter in boxing(Andre Ward)? Haha.
Cotto-Canelo would be a very big fight for boxing. I wouldn’t be surprised though if Jones-Gus was in the same buy range as that fight.
You embarrass yourself every time you post. You get proven humiliatingly wrong. Very pathetic stuff.
Dana always brings boxing up to boost UFC. Folks are tired of it…
D with the long essays….defensive once again…hahaha
D you are all over the place its out of control.
Why are you bringing up Andre Ward? He doesn’t fight on ppv so why are you comparing Jon Jones ppv numbers to a guy who has never fought on ppv?
Your biggest ppv draw ever in the UFC was Brock Lesnar. How many ppvs has he sold this year? Zero.
You then try to throw dirt on Canelos name by saying that the 2nd biggest draw in boxing only got 350k last ppv. Only problem with that is that, Canleo Alvarez isn’t the 2nd biggest draw in boxing. He is 3rd. Canelo cannot out draw Pacquiao yet.
Now Canelo is one of the big future stars in boxing but he is at this moment not the 2nd biggest draw in boxing.
Also I would like to point out that Canelo has outsold every UFC ppv this year and his fight next week against Lara, should out sell his fight against Angulo.
Cotto-Martinez did sell under what I thought it would. I will admit that I thought it would hit around 500k, but I was wrong. That’s going to happen from time to time.
Also Crawford-Gamboa gate means nothing. That wasn’t a big major fight and was one of them fights that is too see who takes the next step into becoming a star.
That was a fight for hardcore boxing fans, and it still pulled in 1.2m viewers.
Fuck whatever the gate was. That shit was held in Nebraska.
Someone obviously didn’t take their lithium today.
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topps having a foaming attack again.
D is getting OWNED.
Pure abuse
Can we all enjoy 175 tonight! Finally a decent show considering. D is stuck on my expectations for Cotto Martinez, I thought it would do better, buy hey those fighters made what most UFC fighters never see in their entire career. Also tickets still available on ticket master for 175 and a ton on secondary outlets, yea 5 million bahahaha Oh an my bad its at Mandalay which holds apox 12000 so at 5 mill is an average of $416 yea suuuuuure bahahaha
I will be enjoying it, I don’t see how someone who trashes the sport and the promotion wants anything to do with this fight, but Sal never ceases to amaze me.
Again, comparing apples to oranges. Those two boxers also made more than what most boxers ever see in their entire career too.
Who cares what the average ticket is, the fact remains that this gate outdid Cotto as long as Iole isn’t completely fabricating that figure. Not to mention it will get more ppv buys and net far more money. You just hate the fact that you are dead wrong again. Idiot.
I like this website had to deal with stupid Sampson now SAL is the leader of trolls allways comparing numbers to boxing very Annoying. SAL go fuck your self 🙂 im sure im not the only one that is annoyed by you.
I like fights, I hate lying scumbag assholes like Dana White and all the bullshit that spews out his mouth. I don’t like what he has done to dozens of fighters that helped create the sport. I don’t like how the UFC pretends that the pioneers of the sport don’t exist because Dana and Zuffa are a bunch of cry baby control freaks. I don’t like any business that tries to monopolize and corner a market. I don’t like lying douchebag paid posters who are researchers and not even fans. I remember when Dana said he would never be like boxing and he is a worse scumbag lier then the pos that run boxing. I hate all of dana whites excuses, propaganda and plain out insulting the intelligence of fight fans that know way better. Dana White is a pimp and a piece of dog shit. The UFC is a bogus organization that refuses to compete and work with other smaller organizations. The UFC is a house of cards and a bubble that will soon pop. Dana will blow his fat brains out when it does. I’m am not saying boxing is any better but at least they still talk about Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali. The UFC rewrites its own history, its a joke and foolish. % million gate is the biggest load of shit Ive even heard for a 3rd rate UFC fight. Please whipe Dana’s jizz off your mouth before you expect anyone with a brain to believe that. The Fucking show isn’t even sold out genius bahahha can’t sell out 12000 yea sure its a 5 million gate you monkey!
You hate lying scumbag assholes like Dana White, but you love Bob Arum, Don King, Richard Schaefer, etc.? Okay, so why are you watching this fight then? Shouldn’t you be boycotting those lying, scumbag, assholes?
I don’t like welfare to work, 50 year old, boxing fanboys who troll mma websites because they are angry with the fact that they are pathetic.
The UFC will never go away. I would like to see some other competition come up and the fighters to gain more leverage eventually which I know will happen in the years to come.
They still talk about Mike Tyson? Are you serious? Yeah, when he turns into a reborn person, a vegan and completely turns his life around a decade after he stopped fighting. Do you have any idea what the promoters and media would say about the guy 10 years ago? You have no clue what you are talking about. Tyson still has a hundred million dollar lawsuit against King, every major reporter trashed the guy every opportunity they could.
We will wait for the gate numbers to be fully disclosed, but those are disclosed to the athletic commissions and aren’t disputed once that happens. How many times did you have to suck Arum’s dick to let him hang out with you this weekend, you old homo?
Gate was 4.4m, Iole did exaggerate a bit, still not very far from 5m. With the ppv, this fight will beat Cotto easy though, no issues.
UFC 175 will not beat Mayweather or Pacquiaos ppv numbers though. Wont even get close.
UFC 175 was your big event of the year. That was the UFC’s “Mayweather” type fight. That and maybe Jones-Gus are your two big PPVs.
So your 2 biggest ppvs wont beat out boxings two big ppv stars in Mayweather and Pacquiao.
Cotto-Martinez did outsell every other UFC ppv this year.
Canelo-Angulo outsold every UFC ppv this year.
I know mmapayout says Cotto did 300-315k but every other site still has it at 350k, so Im rollin with the higher number just to say Fuck You D.
Gate comparisons.
Cotto-Martinez $4.7mil
UFC 175 $4.4mil
What happen D?
Boxing wins
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