MMA Junkie reports the attendance and bonuses from UFC Fight Night 61 in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
The attendance for Sunday night’s event was 5,080 which was a sell out according to the UFC. The promotion indicated that it would like to hold another UFC event in a bigger venue when it returns. No gate was announced which is standard for these small Brazilian shows.
The bonuses for the night were awarded to Frank Mir, Sam Alvey, Marion Reneau and Matt Dywer. All were Performance of the Night as no Fight of the Night bonus was handed out.
Payout Perspective:
An interesting night of fights with several upsets. Obviously, the attendance was quite low based on the small venue making it one of the smallest crowds in Brazil to attend a UFC event since 2012.
UFC Events in Brazil since 2012
| Date | Event | Location | Main Event | Attendance | Gate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/14/2012 | UFC 142 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Aldo-Mendes | 10,605 | $2,800,000 |
| 6/23/2012 | UFC 147 | Belo Hor, Brazil | WSilva-Franklin | 16,643 | $1,420,000 |
| 10/13/2012 | UFC 153 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Silva-Bonnar | 16,844 | $2,550,000 |
| 1/19/2013 | UFC on FX 7 | San Paulo, Brazil | Belfort-Bisping | 9,116 | |
| 5/8/2013 | UFC on FX 8 | Jaragua, Brazil | Belfort-Rockhold | 7,642 | |
| 6/8/2013 | UFC on Fuel TV 10 | Fortaleza, Brazil | Nogueira-Werdum | 6,286 | |
| 8/3/2013 | UFC 163 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Aldo-Korean Zombie | 13,873 | $1,500,000 |
| 9/4/2013 | UFC Fight Night 28 | Belo Hor, Brazil | Teixeira-Bader | 5,126 | |
| 10/9/2013 | UFC Fight Night 29 | Barueri, Brazil | Maia-Shields | 6,621 | |
| 11/9/2013 | UFC Fight Night 32 | Goiania, Brazil | Belfort-Hendo | 10,565 | |
| 2/15/2014 | UFC Fight Night 36 | Jaragua, Brazil | Machida-Mousasi | 7,511 | |
| 5/31/2014 | TUF Brazil 3 Finale | San Paulo, Brazil | Miocic-Maldonado | 8,986 | |
| 9/13/2014 | UFC Fight Night 51 | Brasilia, Brazil | Bigfoot Silva-Arlovski | 8,822 | |
| 10/25/2014 | UFC 179 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Aldo-Mendes | 11,415 | |
| 12/20/2014 | UFC Fight Night 58 | Barueri, Brazil | Machida-Dolloway | ||
| 2/21/2015 | UFC Fight Night 61 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Bigfoot Silva-Mir | 5,080 |
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More big fights scheduled!
Big fights? where? 5000K ? wow the ufc attendance in Brazil keeps getting worse not better! One fight a year in Mexico bahahahah
Saldaqueef…….. 0 for 2 in ppv predictions thus far. Let’s see if he can go 0 for 13. Hahaha! Retard.
By what definition is it a big fight? What was the gate on the last Mexico fight? 1mil pesos? Ppv was Uranus. Cain needs to fight or be stripped of the belt
Haha Mexico is the last stand for the ufc, what a joke! Free Doritos bahahahha
My prediction of boxing doubling the UFC for 2014 ppv stands tall! Suck on that D!!
Free Doritos in Mexico City haha
HAHAHAHA!! Sal you are fucking retarded. Your prediction every year is that boxing will double the UFC in ppv and it never does, not even last year when everything fell apart for them injury wise and their two biggest stars retired/didn’t fight. You don’t know basic math you idiot.
Sal’s savior for boxing…Adrien Broner!! The poor man’s Mayweather! HAHAHA!!
My numbers are spot on for 14, even over if you count Froch, and you and everyone knows it! If you add HBO and Showtime numbers it makes MMA look like a free sport!! What is the plan for the UFC for 2015? 60% down bahahha I see they are heavily stacking their ppv events, why? because they dont have the strength to pull their own weight. Drugs, injuries and lawsuits, all bad! But wait!! a possible sellout in Mexico?? bahahahha free Doritos, i like cool ranch bahahaha Keep up your bullshit D we all enjoy the delusional entertainment! Oh and the Brazil card had empty seats so it was hardly a sellout!!! 5k JOKE! More lies from the UFC as usual and D trying to sell a shit product hahahah Boxing will have another decent year and more will come from it. The UFC has a few good fights but seriously I’m not holding my breath.
Your numbers were dead wrong. You make shit up and then act like it is real. Do you seriously believe the bullshit you just make up? Are you this crazy of a person? What the hell happened to you in this world? Haha.
Attempting to read your incoherent babbling is like trying to decipher Hieroglyphics. You ramble like a full blown mentally ill person would. Your statements make no sense, what is legible is false, and you appear to be suffering from some sort of manic episode when you make these posts.
Haha 8 posts on UFC over 90 on boxing does that make sense to you? Funny how the truth never makes sense to retards and delusional mentally challenged morons. bahahah
Sal, your world revolves around thousands of posts trolling mma. This is an mma website and all you do is post on it. You are blinded by your retarded mind, you fucking idiot.