It is no surprise that the success of the UFC is the number 1 MMA business story of the year. Both Disney and Endeavor have praised the UFC in their respective earnings calls. Disney touts the UFC for its increase in subscribers to ESPN+. Notably, UFC PPV events on ESPN+ went from $64.99 to $69.99 […]
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Crawford-Porter scores 190K PPV buys
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Saturday’s Top Rank Boxing PPV between Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter drew 190,000 buys. The event saw Crawford stop Porter in the 10th round of the main event in Las Vegas. The telecast was distributed through ESPN+ which requires that you subscribe to the digital platform and purchase […]
Report: UFC 268 draws 700K PPV buys
The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand reports that UFC 268 drew 700,000 PPV buys on ESPN+. The event featured Kamaru Usman taking on Colby Covington and occurred on the same night as the Canelo Alvarez-Caleb Plant fight. The event, which took place at Madison Square Garden in New York, continues the success of the UFC […]
AEW’s Full Gear draws 145K PPV buys
Wrestlenomics is reporting that AEW’s Full Gear PPV drew around 145,000 PPV buys. The buy rate would make it the promotion’s second most successful show in its history to this September’s all out which generated 205,000 PPV buys. According to Wrestlenomics, after splitting revenue with PPV carriers and adding in ticket and venue merchandise sales, […]
Report: Canelo-Plant PPV draws 800K PPV buys
The Canelo Alvarez-Caleb Plant fight drew roughly 800,000 PPV buys in linear and digital platforms according to a source. The event had an $18 million gate making it an event that likely grossed over $100 million. The PPV, which priced at $79.99, via satellite and digital platforms via Showtime was one of the biggest events […]