The Wrestling Observer (subscription recommended) has indicated that the initial PPV buy rate for UFC 166 is lower than expected. While no numbers were provided, the inference was that it was lower than the Bradley-Marquez Top Rank PPV the week prior which expects to have a PPV buy rate between 350,000 and 450,000. If the […]
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Arum predicts PPV buys for Marquez-Bradley
Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, Timothy Bradley takes on Juan Manuel Marquez on HBO PPV via Top Rank. Bob Arum recently indicated some PPV predictions including the one for this fight which is priced at $64.95 (HD). Arum speaking to Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports and Ryan Burton of […]
Looking at the PPV History of UFC 165’s main eventers
Welcome to another edition of PPV History. This time we take a look at the main eventers for UFC 165. Jon Jones Event Opponent Date Buy Rate Rating UFC 159 Chael Sonnen (TKO-1)) April 27, 2013 550,000 UFC 152 Vitor Belfort (Submission- 4) September 22, 2012 450,000 UFC 145 Rashad Evans (UD) April 21, 2012 […]
Mayweather-Canelo fight hits 2.2M PPV buys according to Showtime
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that “The One,” the fight between Floyd Mayweather, Jr and Canelo Alvarez will do about 2.2 million PPV units in the U.S. for $150 million making it the highest grossing boxing PPV ever. As a result, its believed that Floyd Mayweather could make $70-80 million while Alvarez will make […]
“The One” Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we look at “The One,” the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Mayweather dominates in Majority Decision The look on Mayweather’s face when a Majority Decision was announced was not worth the $75 PPV price tag but it was still pretty good. Notably, CJ […]