Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we ring in the new year with UFC 195 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena where Robbie Lawler defended his middleweight title against Carlos Condit. Lawler wins via split decision in all-out battle The 5th round of Lawler-Condit may have been the greatest rounds in the […]
UFC 195 attendance, gate and bonuses
Dana White announced the attendance, gate and bonuses for Saturday night’s UFC 195 at the post-fight press conference. As one might expect, the main event drew the Fight of the Night. UFC 195 bonuses went to Robbie Lawler, Carlos Condit, Stipe Miocic and Michael McDonald. Lawler and Condit won for Fight of the Night and […]
15 for 15: No. 1 Ronda Rousey’s ups and downs
Ronda Rousey tops the list of MMA Payout’s biggest MMA business stories of 2015. Her popularity turned polarizing as the year ended with a surprising upset loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193. Rousey started off 2015 with a quick win against Cat Zingano at UFC 184. The event, from Los Angeles, had her up […]
15 for 15: No. 2 The year of Conor McGregor
It was the year of Conor McGregor. From January until December whatever McGregor did, people watched. While we do not have an (unofficial) official PPV buy rate for December’s UFC 194, it’s expected to have cleared 1 million buys and the record gate ($10.1M) is due in large part to McGregor’s fans who travel to Vegas […]