Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. Better later than never, we write about UFC 197 taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with the return of Jon Jones. Jones takes care of OSP Jon Jones returned to the UFC octagon to handily defeat Ovince St. Preux via unanimous decision. OSP was a late replacement […]
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UFC 197 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for UFC 197. The event featured the return of Jon Jones as he took on Ovince St. Pierre. The MGM Grand Garden Arena drew 11,352 fans for a gate of $2.3 million. Bonuses were awarded to Demetrious Johnson, Yair Rodriguez, Dannyl Roberts and Dominique Steele. Each earned […]
UFC on Fox 19 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on Fox 19 drew 11,273 with a live gate of $1.057 million. In addition, Glover Teixeira led the group of bonus winners earning $50,000. The numbers were announced at the post-fight press conference. The event took place at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Saturday night’s event ranked third among UFC cards in the […]
UFC Fight Night 86 attendance, gate and bonuses
Derrick Lewis topped the list of fighters earning $50,000 bonuses at UFC Fight Night 86. It was the company’s first event in Croatia and the event drew over 13,000 fans. The event taking place in Zagreb, Croatia drew 13,177 for a live gate of $549,000 U.S. dollars per the announcement in the post-fight press conference. […]
Florida to amend law disclosing MMA promoter information
A Florida law set to go into effect this July will tighten an already broad exemption to exclude MMA promoter information from a public records requests. The new law amends the Florida state public records exemption of 548.062 which indicates that all confidential business information required to be filed with the Florida State Boxing Commission after […]