MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses from UFC Fight Night 43 taking place last night (or this morning) from Auckland, New Zealand. It was the organization’s debut in New Zealand which took place at the Vector Arena. According to the figures announced at the post-event news conference there were 8,098 in attendance with […]
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UFC 174: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 174 from Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where Demetrious Johnson showed why he is the pound for pound best fighter in the UFC. Mighty Mouse outclasses Bagautinov Rousey may be the biggest draw, Jones may be the face, […]
UFC 174 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses from Saturday’s UFC 147 from Vancouver. The event posted less than stellar attendance and gate numbers. The attendance and gate were 13,506 for a gate of $1.14 million. The last time that the UFC visited Rogers Arena in 2011 for UFC 131, it posted a better attendance […]
UFC Fight Night 41 attendance and bonus
MMA Junkie reports the attendance and performance bonuses from the first event held Saturday, UFC Fight Night 41 from Berlin, Germany. No Fight of the Night bonus was awarded although 4 performance bonuses were handed out at $50K each. Gegard Mousasi, C.B. Dolloway, Niklas Backstrom and Magnus Cedenblad were the recipients as announced by UFC […]
Lawler, Cormier top UFC 173 salaries
MMA Junkie reports the salaries for Saturday’s UFC 173. The total disclosed payroll for the event was $1,024,000 per the release by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Via MMA Junkie: T.J. Dillashaw: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus) def. Renan Barao: $74,000 Daniel Cormier: $170,000 (includes $85,000 win bonus) def. Dan Henderson: $100,000 Robbie Lawler: $200,000 […]