UFC VP of Regulatory Affairs, Marc Ratner, took some time to speak with Heavy.com in regards to officiating and judging in MMA over the weekend: Payout Perspective: Ratner always seems to add that big picture perspective that the MMA community so desperately needs every once in a while. MMA doesn’t have an ideal system right […]
UFC 106: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This week we’ll be taking a look at the business side of UFC 106 which was held on Saturday, November 21st at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event featured the Octagon return of Tito Ortiz as he took on Forrest Griffin in […]
Countdown to UFC 106 Viewership
The Countdown to UFC 106 program on Spike TV drew a .37 HH rating for an average audience of 445,000 viewers. MMAPayout.com has been using Countdown to UFC viewership and the live gate revenue from each UFC PPV event to predict the PPV buyrate for that event. Check back on Sunday for a statistical estimate […]
WEC 44 Payouts
Courtesy of Sherdog.com and the NSAC: WEC 44 Payouts Jose Aldo — $36,000 (including $13,000 win bonus, $10,000 knockout bonus) def. Mike Thomas Brown — $15,000 Manny Gamburyan — $36,000 (including $18,000 win bonus) def. Leonard Garcia — $14,000 Karen Darabedyan — $6,000 (including $3,000 win bonus) def. Rob McCullough — $20,000 Shane Roller — […]
Pacquiao-Cotto: 1.25 million PPV buys
Tim Dahlberg of the Associated Press Press is reporting that last weekend’s blockbuster boxing event that featured Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto sold 1.25 million PPV buys: LAS VEGAS (AP)—Manny Pacquiao is a box office hit, selling 1.25 million pay-per-views for his fight with Miguel Cotto in a performance that could set up the richest fight ever […]