Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective where we take a look at Floyd Mayweather’s latest fight since last May as he took on Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather fights technical masterpiece against Guerrero It wasn’t exciting but Mayweather showed that he still has it. While […]
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UFC 159: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 159 from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey where Jon Jones defended his Light Heavyweight title against Chael Sonnen. Jones takes care of Sonnen, now must heal toe It was the outcome that most had expected. Despite Sonnen’s promos, […]
The Wrestling Post – Wrestlemania 29 earnings
Variety reports that Wrestlemania 29 set a record in earnings with $72 million. This year’s event bested last year’s Wrestlemania in Miami which earned $67 million. The $72 million figure includes ticket sales and PPV buys. The event was up $5 to $70 (in HD). Early PPV estimates have it at 1 million with the […]
Early PPV numbers for UFC 158 point north of 800K buys
MMA Fighting reports that early PPV numbers show that UFC 158 should exceed 800,000 buys. The caustic mix of GSP and Nick Diaz proved to be the ingredients for people to buy the PPV. Although it was expected that this event would be the biggest in terms of PPV buy rate since Silva-Sonnen II, the […]
UFC 158: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 158 from the Belle Centre in Montreal where GSP defended his welterweight title against Nick Diaz. GSP dominates Diaz In a much anticipated match, Georges St. Pierre controlled Nick Diaz for 5 rounds and earned the unanimous decision. Diaz and […]