Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we take a look at UFC 108 which was held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, January 2nd. The first major card of the new calendar year featured a bout between light heavyweight contenders Rashad Evans and Thiago Silva as well as […]
gate
MMAPayout.com’s 2009 Power Rankings
Welcome to MMAPayout.com’s 2009 Power Rankings! This year’s edition features a slightly new format that considers the gross pay-per-view and gate revenue generated by each fighter in both main and co-main events. The revenue generated by an event will be split 70-30 between the main and co-main events for any given show. The switch was made to include co-main events […]
WEC 45 & Strikeforce Gate Figures
The final numbers have come through on WEC 45 regarding the live gate, which allows us one final summary comparison of the head-to-head match-up between the WEC and Strikeforce that went down December 19th. WEC 45 Attendance: 1,087 (161 comp) Gate: $102,700 Strikeforce: Evolution Attendance: 9362 (1362 comp) Gate: $633,674.50 *Strikeforce figures per Meltzer (vastly […]
UFC 107: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This week we’ll be taking a look at the business side of UFC 107 which was held this past Saturday, December 12th from the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. The event featured a lightweight championship bout between BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez as well as appearances from Frank Mir, […]
UFC 110 Sells Out In Sydney
Tickets for UFC 110 – to be held in Sydney, Australia – sold out on the first day of general public sales according to the ticket website. MMAJunkie has more: After UFC Fight Club members and UFC.com newsletter subscribers snatched up a reported 10,000 tickets for UFC 110 during a four-day pre-sale, the Australian public […]