With the results in from ten of the UFC’s twelve pay-per-views, the company appears certain to post a record number of pay-per-view buys in 2008. The company’s current record year came in 2006 when it posted an estimated 5.2 million buys. With the returns from UFC 88 and UFC 92 outstanding, the company has already […]
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1.25M Buys for De La Hoya-Pacquiao; UFC 91 Reportedly Set to Top 1M
Multichannel reports that HBO has announced that Saturday’s fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao drew 1.25 million buys. The event generated $70 million in pay-per-view revenue. The Los Angeles Times reports that De La Hoya and Pacquiao were guaranteed $20 million and $11 million respectively. “De La Hoya-Pacquiao definitely exceeded our expectations,” […]
WWE Pay-per-view Update
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that WWE No Mercy drew 238,000 buys (150,000 in North America) while the company’s Cyber Sunday event drew 162,000 buys (102,000 in North America). By comparison, last year Cyber Sunday drew 194,000 buys while No Mercy drew 271,000. With twelve events in the books and two oustanding, WWE has posted […]
De La Hoya-Pacquiao Expected to Draw 1.5 Million Buys
Kevin Iole reports that indications are that last Saturday’s fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao drew 1.5 million pay-per-view buys. If that number holds up it would have to be considered a major success for Golden Boy and HBO Boxing. Depending on where the respective numbers settle at, it is possible that […]
Early Returns: UFC 91 Expected to Exceed 800,000 Buys
MMAPayout.com has learned that based on early returns, UFC 91 is expected to exceed 800,000 pay-per-view buys, but will likely fall short of the one million buy benchmark. Indications from the early numbers trickling in from the disparate pay-per-view universe suggest that the event will finish in the 800,000 – 900,000 buy range. While short […]