HBO’s Saturday night boxing featuring World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko drew the highest rating among its subscribers drawing an average of 1.637 million viewers for the fight with Bryant Jennings. The overall telecast drew an average of 1.3 million viewers. It was Klitschko’s first appearance in the U.S. in years and many fight fans tuned […]
Attendance
UFC 186 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses from Saturday’s UFC 186 from Montreal. Demetrious Johnson led the bonus winners with his last second submission over Kyoji Horiguchi. In addition to Johnson’s submission bonus, Thomas Almeida, Chad Laprise and Bryan Barberena earned $50,000 bonuses. The event drew 10,154 fans for a gate of $668,000 according […]
UFC on Fox 15 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC Fight Night 64 attendance
MMA Junkie reports the attendance from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 64 from Krakow, Poland. The announced attendance was of 10,000 for a live gate of $720,000. The seating capacity of Tauron Arena in Krakow is 15,328 for sporting events. It was the first event in Poland for the UFC. Payout Perspective: Good debut for the […]
The Interview with Professor Nicholas Watanabe
MMA Payout had the opportunity to speak with University of Missouri professor Nicholas Watanabe. His most recent study focuses on research related to the PPV habits of UFC fans as opposed to those that attend live events. The results are interesting. Notably, his findings suggest that Heavyweights draw more on PPV than other weight classes. […]