Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time around we take a look at UFC 210 in Buffalo, New York Cormier “makes” weight, retires Johnson Daniel Cormier lost 1.2 pounds in less than 5 minutes at the weigh-ins and made weight after missing on the first attempt. Despite no one really addressing this marvel, […]
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Bellator: NYC to have suggested price tag of $49.99
Scott Coker revealed on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani that Bellator:NYC, the company’s second PPV will be priced at $49.99 HD. It is the company’s second stab at having its product on PPV and is headlined by a grudge match between Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva. Also, Fedor Emelianenko will face Matt Mitrione in […]
Updated GGG-Jacobs PPV buy rate now at 170K PPV buys
Yahoo! Sports reports the update PPV buys of Gennady Golovkin and Danny Jacobs drew 170,000 PPV buys. The buy rate was confirmed by Tom Loeffler. The initial estimate of the PPV ranged from 130,00 to 150,000 PPV buys. Loeffler indicated that GGG’s 2015 PPV against David Lemieux drew 153,000 buys. Payout Perspective: The additional buys […]
More on Bellator’s debut in New York
MMA Junkie reports that Bellator will promote its June PPV separate from Bellator 180, which will be at the same venue on the same night. The PPV, which is being branded as “Bellator:NYC” is scheduled to be 5 fights which is headlined by Chael Sonnen taking on Wanderlei Silva. In addition, the rescheduled bout between […]
Early returns show GGG-Jacobs PPV draw between 130-150K PPV buys
Lance Pugmire of the LA Times reports that the early returns on the GGG-Jacobs PPV is between 130,000 to 150,000 buys although the GGG camp says that the final tally will be higher than 150,000. Pugmire cites an industry source for the report as HBO has yet to provide an official tally. Notably, the last […]