Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition, we review UFC 178 which took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena where Demetrious Johnson took on Chris Cariaso in the main event. Johnson outclasses Cariaso Despite the lack of fan support (i.e., PPV buys), Demetrious Johnson can legitimately stake a claim to being […]
Attendance
UFC 178 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 178 drew attendance of 10,544 for a gate of $2.2 million at the MGM Grand. In addition the bonuses were handed out to Conor McGregor, Dominick Cruz, Yoel Romero and Tim Kennedy. The attendance, gate and bonuses were announced at the post-fight press conference. As indicated by MMA Junkie, attendance ranked 7th out of […]
UFC 178 ticket demand marginal
MMA Payout has learned per online ticket search engine SeatGeek that the average price on the secondary market for for UFC 178 is $249 which is a considerable boost from UFC 177. However, with UFC 178 still not a sellout as of the time of this writing; people could still purchase tickets at the box […]
UFC Fight Night 52 attendance and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance and bonuses for UFC Fight Night 52 from Japan. Headliner Mark Hunt led the bonus winners in a Bonuses of $50,000 each were as follows: Performance bonuses: Mark Hunt and Johnny Case Fight of the Night: Kyung Ho Kang and Michinori Tanaka Although Myles Jury was announced as a bonus winner, […]
Mayweather-Maidana II: 925,000 PPV buys
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that the rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana did 925,000 PPV buys. Mayweather PPV buys under Showtime contract: Mayweather-Guerrero, May 4, 2013: 1 million PPV buys (although disputed by ESPN’s Dan Rafael (who indicated that the buys were under 1M) and Showtime which stated that the buys were over 1 […]