Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting is reporting that early estimates of the UFC 217 drew 875,000 PPV buys in North America making it the biggest PPV show for 2017 thus far. UFC 217 featured Georges St Pierre’s return against middleweight champion Michael Bisping in addition to two other championship fights. Google trends reflected strong interest […]
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UFC 215 and UFC 216 PPV buy estimates do not impress
Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer estimates UFC 215 this past September drew 100,000 buys. Also, last week’s UFC 216 likely drew around 120,000 buys. The last two UFC PPVs have been lackluster. UFC 215 was marred by Ray Borg needing to pull out of his championship fight with Demetrious Johnson. Ironically, the main event […]
Golden Boy says GGG-Canelo drew more than 1.3M buys
Golden Boy Promotions has issued a statement in response to the report that the GGG-Canelo PPV drew 1.3 million pay-per-view buys. It refutes the report stating that it is “north” of the reported number. Via Dan Rafael of ESPN: “While everyone at Golden Boy Promotions and GGG Promotions appreciate the media’s recognition that the fight […]
GGG-Canelo draw 1.2M PPV buys
The LA Times’ Larry Pugmire reports that the GGG-Canelo fight taking place on Saturday, September 16th drew 1.2 million PPV buys. Chris Mannix of SI has also confirmed the number with industry sources. The fight ended up in a draw which only means that the two fighters should do it again sooner than later. For […]
Canelo-GGG PPV will cost you $79.99
For those getting ready to watch GGG versus Canelo Alvarez this Saturday, you will have to pay a premium if ordering on PPV as the suggested retail price point will be $79.99 HD. The premium price is more than the usual $64.95-$69.99 PPV boxing event. Coming off of last month’s Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight, which […]