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UFC going all in for UFC 168 promotion

December 27, 2013 by MMAPayout Moderator 34 Comments

To say that tomorrow’s UFC 168 is an important event for Zuffa this year would be quite the understatement. In fact, the focus placed on UFC 168 has been so strong that some have argued that it has actually undermined the UFC events in between, which caused them to under perform. We will take a […]

13 for 13: No. 7 UFC PPV Buys Actually Improving?

December 25, 2013 by Jason Cruz 7 Comments

If I were to tell you that the UFC is having a strong year with its pay per view business you would think that someone sponsored this post. However, the UFC is set to improve over its 2011-2012 PPV averages. Through 12 PPVs it is averaging approximately 423K PPV buys for 2013. Even if UFC […]

Invicta FC issues refunds for another PPV issue

December 9, 2013 by Jason Cruz 11 Comments

Invicta FC found itself with another issue with its tries at a pay per view. Due to streaming issues on its web site and television issues, it had to take down its paywall on its web site and will have to issue refunds for the event. To Invicta’s credit, it will issue those refunds and […]

Pacquiao-Rios does around 475K PPV buys

December 5, 2013 by Jason Cruz 11 Comments

HBO’s president of pay-per-view, Mark Taffet, said that the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios fight in Macau on November 23rd did “in the neighborhood of 475,000 buys” as reported by USA Today. Taffet also said that it generated “roughly $30 million of PPV revenue.” Taffet indicated that overseas PPVs do between 30% and 40% of the buys […]

UFC bumps up PPV price for UFC 168

December 4, 2013 by Jason Cruz 11 Comments

Following in the footsteps of boxing pay per views, UFC is bumping up the price of its PPV for UFC 168 by $5. The cost for the December 28th event will be $59.95 HD and $49.95 SD. If you are DirecTV subscriber, you may have received your December 2013 “DirecTV Cinema” flyer in the mail. […]