Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen, which was held Saturday, August 7 from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The stacked event not only featured Silva vs. Sonnen, but Fitch vs. Alves, dos Santos vs. Nelson, and Hughes vs. Almeida. Silva […]
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The PPV Gap: Title vs. Non-Title
MMAPayout.com has updated its latest numbers on PPV trends, and there remains a significant gap of just over 200,000 buys between PPVs with title events and those without. I’m not sure this comes as a surprise to anyone; it’s pretty intuitive and it’s something we’ve commented on numerous times before. However, you may be interested […]
Hispanic Interest in MMA Growing
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer talks about the dim prospect of the Lesnar-Velasquez title fight happening in Mexico (now scheduled for October in Anaheim, CA), but mentions the UFC’s exploding popularity in the country. White spoke of wanting to do a show in Mexico City, but didn’t know if the timing would work out […]
Interview with AMP Energy’s Pat Santangelo
AMP Energy unveiled its Hometown Takedown contest in May to the delight of MMA fans throughout the United States. MMAPayout covered the activation piece shortly thereafter, but today we’re providing a follow-up in the form of an exclusive interview with AMP Energy’s Pat Santangelo. Why did AMP decide to become a WEC sponsor and what […]
UFC 116: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at the highly anticipated UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin that was held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 3rd. The event featured a heavyweight title fight between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin, but also showcased the […]