Dave Meltzer of Yahoo! Sports does a good job of chronicling the injuries that have made UFC 108 “the cursed” show of 2009. Never before has a card started with so much promise and fallen so quickly. Back in September, UFC 108 looked to be a card with the unique problem of having too many […]
MMAPayout.com’s 2009 Power Rankings
Welcome to MMAPayout.com’s 2009 Power Rankings! This year’s edition features a slightly new format that considers the gross pay-per-view and gate revenue generated by each fighter in both main and co-main events. The revenue generated by an event will be split 70-30 between the main and co-main events for any given show. The switch was made to include co-main events […]
UFC 108 Fight Coverage @ MMAPayout.com
Streaming coverage of UFC events is available on MMAPayout.com courtesy of UFC.com. Click the UFC Stream at the top of the navigation bar to catch press conferences as they are scheduled below. Coverage Schedule: UFC 108 Pre-Fight Press Conference: Wednesday, December 30th @ 4PM ET / 1 PM PT UFC 108 Official Weigh-ins: Friday, January […]
WEC 45 & Strikeforce Gate Figures
The final numbers have come through on WEC 45 regarding the live gate, which allows us one final summary comparison of the head-to-head match-up between the WEC and Strikeforce that went down December 19th. WEC 45 Attendance: 1,087 (161 comp) Gate: $102,700 Strikeforce: Evolution Attendance: 9362 (1362 comp) Gate: $633,674.50 *Strikeforce figures per Meltzer (vastly […]
Hardy Could Talk UFC 111 Into Must-See Territory
Dan Hardy fired this salvo in the direction of Georges St-Pierre earlier this week at a press conference promoting the event, and expect the frequency of these to only increase as we approach March 27th: (Video courtesy of MMA Fanhouse) Payout Perspective: There are three things that will draw people to a title fight: 1.) The […]