The replay of selected fights from UFC 206 earlier this month drew 4.7 million viewers on Christmas Eve according to Television By Numbers. It also drew a 1.6 rating and a 6 share in the Adult 18-49 rating making it the second highest viewed UFC show on Fox since UFC on Fox 1. The replay […]
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UFC 206 estimated at 150,000 PPV buys
Early predictions from last Saturday’s UFC 206 PPV appear to be at just 150,000 buys. The event featured Max Holloway versus Anthony Pettis for the UFC interim Featherweight title. UFC 206: Holloway v Pettis drew lowest PPV num of 2016 w/ an estimated 150K buys. Prelims on FS1 drew 2nd lowest num of yr (771K) […]
Ward-Kovalev draw 160K PPV buys
The Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev PPV drew just 160,000 PPV buys as first reported by Kevin Iole. TheRing.tv also reported the PPV buy rate for last Saturday’s event. Ward defeated Kovalev in somewhat of a controversial decision as unofficial scorers had the fight for Kovalev. Hearing that the Kovalev-Ward PPV numbers are going to come in […]
Pacquiao-Vargas draws “a little over 300,000” PPV buys
USA Today reports that the November 5th fight between Manny Pacquiao and Jessie Vargas deliver “a little over 300,000” PPVs according to Bob Arum. The event was the first event in years without support without HBO as its PPV distributor. Pacquiao defeated Vargas via unanimous decision and won a welterweight title in the process. Arum […]