MMA Weekly reports that tonight’s UFC on Fox 2 drew 17,245 for a gate of $1.2 million. It was the UFC’s first appearance at Chicago’s United Center since UFC 90. Although the attendance figures were solid, the gate figure pales in comparison to UFC 90 when the gate exceeded $2.8 million. On that night, Anderson […]
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UFC on FX 1: gate, attendance and bonuses
UFC 142: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This week we look at the UFC’s return to Brazil in which Jose Aldo defended his featherweight title against Chad Mendes. Aldo finishes Mendes and celebrates in crowd Jose Aldo’s explosive power was on display as a knee coming out of a clench ended Chad Mendes’ title shot. […]
UFC 140: Attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Weekly reports the attendance and gate for UFC 140 in Toronto garnered a solid 18,303 attendees for a gate of $3.9 million. Dana White announced the numbers at the post-fight press conference. In addition, MMA Junkie reports The Korean Zombie, Frank Mir and Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida received bonuses. Chan Sung Jung won for his KO […]
UFC 139: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This week we look at UFC 139 at the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California where Dan Henderson defeated Maurico Rua in a 5 round battle. Henderson defeats Rua in instant classic It appeared that Dan Henderson would make short work of Mauricio Rua as it appeared that […]