In the second night of three nights of live fights in Las Vegas, Joanna Jedrzejcyk successfully defended her women’s Strawweight title against Claudia Gadelha at the TUF 23 Finale at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Jedrzejcyk and Gadelha earned Fight of the Night Honors while Performance of the Night bonuses went to Doo Ho Choi and Tatiana Suarez. Each earned $50,000.
The event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena drew 8,115 for a gate of $736,408. The attendance, bonus and gate were announced at the post-event press conference.
Payout Perspective:
Friday’s event had slightly more in attendance than Thursday’s UFC Fight Night 90 show. You can probably chalk that up to fans coming in for the weekend. This edition of the TUF Finale did better than December’s gate of $450,000 although that event was at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan which is a much smaller venue. Last July’s TUF 21 Finale drew just 4,844 for a gate of $291,000. Thus, an improvement over last year’s event.
Improvement due to it being the 200 weekend I’m sure. 8 thousand is very low