The California State Athletic Commission has released fighter payouts for UFC 117. Anderson Silva and Matt Hughes topped the list with $200,000 each. In total, the UFC paid out $1.029 million in disclosed payouts and another $300,000 in disclosed bonuses. Note: that the money reported below is only the money required to be reported by […]
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UFC 117: Attendance, Gate and Countdown Figures (Updated)
The Staff at MMAJunkie are reporting that UFC 117 drew 12,971 to the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California on Saturday for an approximate live gate of $1.56 million. MMAPayout.com has also learned that Countdown to UFC 117 garnered just 409,000 viewers in its debut last Monday at 11PM ET/PT (Updated). Payout Perspective: The Countdown to […]
UFC 117: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen, which was held Saturday, August 7 from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The stacked event not only featured Silva vs. Sonnen, but Fitch vs. Alves, dos Santos vs. Nelson, and Hughes vs. Almeida. Silva […]
The PPV Gap: Title vs. Non-Title
MMAPayout.com has updated its latest numbers on PPV trends, and there remains a significant gap of just over 200,000 buys between PPVs with title events and those without. I’m not sure this comes as a surprise to anyone; it’s pretty intuitive and it’s something we’ve commented on numerous times before. However, you may be interested […]
UFC 115 PPV Prediction: 460,000
MMAPayout.com uses statistical regression analysis to match both the viewership numbers from Spike TV’s Countdown to UFC and the live gate figures reported by athletic commissions against the PPV buyrate numbers for each UFC event. The analysis produces a linear equation, which can then be used to take new Countdown or gate information and predict […]