Yahoo! Sports reports that the official PPV buys for the May 2nd fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao drew an astronomical 4.4 million PPV buys that equates to more than $400 million in revenue. The numbers shatter the old PPV buy rate record set by Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya in 2007 and […]
Attendance
UFC Fight Night 65 attendance, gate and bonuses
Robert Whittaker, James Vick, Daniel Hooker and Alex Chambers received $50,000 Performances of the Night Bonuses at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 65. Dana White tweeted out the bonus winners and it was also announced at the post-event press conference. Unbelievable night of fights!!! Thank u AUS. 4 Performance Bonuses Robert Whittaker Alex Chambers Daniel Hooker […]
Mayweather-Pacquiao Perspective
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at what was dubbed as the “Fight of the Century” at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada as Floyd Mayweather took on Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather takes care of Pac Man It was the likeliest of outcomes despite the wagering line drawing […]
Klitschko draws 1.63M viewers on HBO
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 […]
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 […]