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 […]
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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 […]
UFC 173: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time around we take a look at UFC 173 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada where T.J. Dillashaw pulled off the upset of Bantamweight Champion Renan Barao. Dillashaw upsets Barao Renan Barao was thought of as one of the best pound for pound […]
UFC 173 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports on the attendance, gate and bonuses for Saturday’s UFC 173 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas where T.J. Dillashaw defeated Renan Barao in a huge upset. Announced at the post-fight press conference, the reported attendance for Saturday’s event was 11,036 for a gate of $1.7 million. A modest gate […]