UFC on ESPN 28 took place Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. The event featured some great action and a relief for one of the $50K bonus winners. Cheyanne Buys earned a $50K bonus for her stoppage of Gloria de Paula in a strawweight showdown. Buys was up front of her need for […]
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UFC on ESPN 26 bonuses
UFC on ESPN 26 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. The most notable story coming out of the event was the return of Miesha Tate as she stopped Marion Reneau. There were more than the standard 2 or 3 Performance Bonuses on Saturday with Tate, Mateusz Gamrot, Rodrigo Nascimento and […]
Report: UFC 264 draws 1.8M global PPV buys
The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand reports that UFC 264 scored 1.8 million PPV buys. Of the total global buys, 1.3 million buys were domestic on ESPN+. The event featured the third fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor with the “Diamond” winning via TKO due to McGregor’s broken tibia. ESPN went all out with […]
UFC 264 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 264 took place on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. With fans back in attendance, the event was the highest at the venue. The gate drew $16.76M viewers for attendance of 20,062. The gate was the second-highest in Nevada history with only UFC 229 doing better. 229 also had the most […]
UFC 264 set to break gate record in Vegas
UFC 264 is on pace to be one of the top gates in the promotion’s history as Dustin Poirier faces Conor McGregor in their third fight against one another. The event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas sold out when tickets became available and it is the fourth consecutive sell-out for the UFC since […]