John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reports that UFC 263 drew 500,000 PPV buys on ESPN+. With international buys, it “had around 600,000 total buys.” The event featured two title fights headlined by Israel Adesanya as he defended his belt against Marvin Vettori. The event also saw Brandon Moreno win the UFC Flyweight title […]
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Report: Mayweather-Paul reaches 1M PPV buys
Sportico is reporting that Sunday night’s PPV event between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Logan Paul drew 1 million buys. The numbers were revealed by Showtime which produced the PPV. According to Sportico, the 1 million buys would put the media revenue from the bout at more than $50 million. The event went for $49.99 on […]
Tech issues spoil Mayweather-Paul PPV
On Sunday night, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. took on Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition put together by Showtime PPV. Unfortunately for those wishing to pay the $50 for the event, there were hiccups with the stream. As with other PPVs with tech issues, people took their troubles to twitter. Wow @Showtime @SHOsports is down everywhere! […]
UFC 262 draws 300K PPV buys
UFC 262 took place on May 15th and netted 300,000 PPV buys per Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand. UFC 262 took place in Houston, Texas and saw the crowning of a new lightweight champion as Charles Oliviera earned the title after he stopped Michael Chandler in the 2nd round of the fight. In the semi-main […]
UFC 261 Prelims draw 951K, Early Prelims draw 616K
UFC 261 Prelims drew 951,000 viewers on Saturday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It drew 465,000 in the A18-49 demo. The early Prelims which appeared on ESPN2 drew 616,000 viewers and 290,000 in the A18-49 demo. The UFC 261 Prelims saw Randy Brown submit Alex Oliveira in the very first round of the featured […]
