UFC Fight Night 89 from Ottawa, Canada drew 10,490 for a gate of $1,278,250. The attendance, gate and bonuses were announced at the post-event press conference.
According to this, TD Place has a standing room capacity of over 10,500. Thus, the numbers reflect a full house on Saturday night for the UFC’s debut in Ottawa.
The bonuses went to Donald Cerrone, Krzysztof Jotko, Steve Bosse and Sean O’Connell. Each earned $50,000. Cerrone and Jotko earned performance bonuses for their respective stoppages. Bosse and O’Connell put on a slugfest to earn fight of the night honors.
Payout Perspective:
A good night of fights and based on the attendance announced it was a well-attended event. The choice in venue (i.e., lower-capacity venue) probably makes this event look much more impressive.
I didnt even know this was on last night….interesting.
a very entertaining show, ,
just shows how bad boxing sucks these days
In the meantime, PBC drew over 1,3 million viewers. It’s great when UFC fanboys are proven wrong immediately after they make stupid statements.