UFC Fight Night 85 drew a total of 9,552 fans from Brisbane, Australia. In addition, Mark Hunt, Neil Magny, Johnny Case and Jake Matthews earned the fight-night bonuses.
The event, which started in the morning from Australia drew 9,552 fans with a live gate of $1 million. The only other visit to Brisbane in December 2013 drew 11,393 for a gate of $1.785 million. Both events took place at the Brisbane Entertainment Center which houses 13,500.
Hunt and Magny earned Performance Bonuses for their stoppages. Case and Matthews drew Fight of the Night in a fight where Matthews stopped Case.
The numbers were announced at the post-fight press conference.
Payout Perspective:
The attendance was down but could be due to the morning start in Australia. Hunt, who headlined the December 2013 show, also was in the main event on Saturday. The bonuses were clear. Hunt had a walk off against Frank Mir and Magny was impressive in his stoppage of Hector Lombard as well.
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Decent numbers, though I would have expected a larger gate and certainly a larger crowd. Oh well. Fights were decent, though I thought Han got robbed blind by the judged against RAwlins.