Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective: WEC edition. The final WEC event took place in Glendale, Arizona at the Jobing.com arena. In the main event, hometown favorite Benson “Smooth” Henderson faced Anthony “Showtime” Pettis. Fitting for the WEC, it ended with a flourish with the kick seen everywhere. Business Storylines It’s Showtime! Pettis claims […]
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UFC 124: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck II which was held at The Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec on Saturday, December 11th. The event was headlined by the much anticipated welterweight title showdown between Ultimate Fighter Season 12 coaches Georges St-Pierre and […]
The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale gate: $380,000
Pacquiao Payout: PPV numbers and other observations
According to early estimates, PPV buys for the Margarito/Pacquiao fight were estimated at 1.4 million viewers. This is double the amount for Pacquiao’s fight with Joshua Clottey in March. It also is the number for the Floyd Mayweather/Shane Mosley fight in June. Lance Pugmire of the LA Times posted a tweet stating that the attendance […]
UFC 122 attendance figures and gate
MMA Junkie reports that this past Saturday’s UFC 122 in Olberhausen, Germany drew 8,421 fans for an estimated gate of $600,000. The figures were revealed in the post-event press conference. The numbers were less than the UFC’s last visit to Germany in June 2009. UFC 99 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne drew 12, 854 and […]