Strikeforce held a Challengers Series show in Portland, Oregon over the weekend that featured some pretty good prospect talent in the likes of Tyron Woodley, Roger Bowling, and Tarec Saffiedine. The event managed to draw 249,000 average viewers on Showtime, which isn’t that far off what last weeks heavily promoted Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery card. MMAJunkie, also […]
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Aldo vs. Faber: Payouts
The California State Athletic Commission has released the fighter payouts for Aldo vs. Faber. The WEC paid out a total of $336,500 in disclosed purses and another $280,000 in disclosed fight bonuses. Courtesy of MMAWeekly: MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS -Jose Aldo $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Urijah Faber $28,000 -Ben Henderson $26,000 (includes $13,000 […]
UFC 112: Gate and Attendance
Dana White confirmed at the UFC 112 post-fight press conference that the attendance for Saturday’s show on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE drew 11,008 fans and produced a live gate of $3.5 million USD. The size of the gate is notable, because it eclipses UFC 85 as the largest non-North American gate in the company’s […]
Strikeforce Challengers 7 Wrap-Up
The Staff at MMAJunkie are reporting that Strikeforce Challengers 7 drew 4,963 to the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California last Friday, which was good for a live gate of $109,222. “Strikeforce Challengers VII: Johnson vs. Mahe” was the second 2010 edition of the organization’s prospects-based events series. The attendance figures mark a sharp increase […]
UFC on Versus: Disclosed Payouts
MMAPayout.com has requested and received the disclosed fighter payouts from Sunday night’s UFC on Versus event that totaled $713,000. Note that the figures below represent only disclosed payout figures; often times fighters receive other forms of compensation that are not reported to the commission. Disclosed Payouts Jon Jones ($20,000+$20,000 = $40,000) defeated Brandon Vera ($60,000) Junior […]