The return of Manny Pacquiao stateside has produced a Showtime PPV event drawing approximately 400,000 PPV buys according to multiple outlets. Pacquiao was dominant in a unanimous decision victory over Adrien Broner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Although this buy rate was provided to ESPN and Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole, it […]
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UFC 232 draws 700K PPV buys according to report
UFC 232 drew approximately 700,000 PPV according to The Wrestling Observer. The event featured Jon Jones taking on Alexsander Gustafsson in the main event. It is the second highest reported PPV buy rate for 2018 to UFC 229’s 2.4 million PPV buys. The end of year event was marred due to the last-minute venue change […]
Report has UFC 231 between 240-300K PPV buys
UFC 231 drew in the neighborhood of 240-300K PPV buys according to a report by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer. The event featured Max Holloway as he defended his Featherweight title against Brian Ortega. UFC 231 took place in Toronto, Ontario Canada and was a sellout according to UFC officials. The Prelims drew 786,000 […]
UFC 231: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 231 taking place from Toronto, Ontario, Canada where Max Holloway reminded people he is still one of the greatest in the UFC today. Holloway forces doctor stoppage Returning to form, Max Holloway successfully defended his Featherweight title by stopping Brian […]
UFC cancels January PPV event in Anaheim
The UFC has canceled its January PPV originally scheduled for Anaheim on January 26th due to lack of a main event. The event was to be held on the same night as Bellator’s card in Los Angeles. When news hit of the cancellation, Bellator Scott Coker took to twitter: pic.twitter.com/2MWVAa3AFj — Scott Coker (@ScottCoker) December […]