UFC 241 took place on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The event drew the largest MMA gate in the state of California.
It was announced that UFC 241 drew 17,304 for a gate of $3,237.032 at the Honda Center. It was the first time that an MMA event drew over $3 million in the state. The previous high was Cormier-Jones 2 at UFC 214 at the Honda Center. There were 16,610 in attendance for a gate of $2.4 million.
The bonuses went to Stipe Miocic, Khama Worthy, Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero. Miocic and Worthy drew the Performance Bonuses and Costa and Romero earned Fight of the Night for their wild battle. All earned $50,000 each.
Payout Perspective:
A good night for the UFC highlighted by a title change at Heavyweight and Nate Diaz returning to the Octagon. SoCal is a hotbed for MMA so its not surprising that it was a sellout but the gate had to have exceeded expectations. Moreover, according to SeatGeek, the ticket demand on the secondary market was strong.
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