Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we look at the much-maligned UFC 133 event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the main event, Rashad Evans took out Tito Ortiz to cement his spot as the number one contender in the Light Heavyweight division. Evans knees Ortiz for win Rashad Evans looked phenomenal and displayed […]
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Strikeforce Challengers 17 comps most of tickets for Vegas debut
MMA Weekly reports that 1,876 fans attended the Strikeforce Challengers 17 event held on July 22nd for a total gate of $42,987. Of the 1,876 attendees, 1,418 were comped tickets for the fights at The Pearl at The Palms Resort in Las Vegas. Via MMA Weekly: Strikeforce Challengers 17 pulled in a crowd of 1,876 […]
“Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson” – 8,311 attendance and $638K live gate
MMA Junkie reports that 8,311 fans attended Saturday night’s Strikeforce event for a gate of $638,470. The event took place at the Sears Centre Arena outside of Chicago. Via MMA Junkie: This year’s Chicago-area show featured a heavyweight headliner between MMA legends Dan Henderson and Emelianenko. Thanks largely to that super-fight, most tickets were sold […]
UFC 132: $2.3 million gate
MMA Junkie reports that UFC 132 officially drew an attendance of 13,109 for a gate of $2.3 million. About 5,000 tickets were comped and an additional 787 tickets went unused. USA Today adds that the UFC sold 58% of the tickets available. In comparison, UFC 132 sold more tickets than UFC 130 which headlined Rampage Jackson […]
UFC 132: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we look at UFC 132 from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The featured bout was Dominick Cruz defending his Bantamweight title againt Urijah Faber. Cruz defeats Faber in entertaining matchup Welcome to the UFC Dominick Cruz. A back and forth bout saw Cruz take control […]