Dana White announced the attendance, gate and bonuses for Saturday night’s UFC 195 at the post-fight press conference. As one might expect, the main event drew the Fight of the Night. UFC 195 bonuses went to Robbie Lawler, Carlos Condit, Stipe Miocic and Michael McDonald. Lawler and Condit won for Fight of the Night and […]
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15 for 15: No. 1 Ronda Rousey’s ups and downs
Ronda Rousey tops the list of MMA Payout’s biggest MMA business stories of 2015. Her popularity turned polarizing as the year ended with a surprising upset loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193. Rousey started off 2015 with a quick win against Cat Zingano at UFC 184. The event, from Los Angeles, had her up […]
15 for 15: No. 2 The year of Conor McGregor
It was the year of Conor McGregor. From January until December whatever McGregor did, people watched. While we do not have an (unofficial) official PPV buy rate for December’s UFC 194, it’s expected to have cleared 1 million buys and the record gate ($10.1M) is due in large part to McGregor’s fans who travel to Vegas […]
15 for 15: No. 3 UFC PPV has its biggest year
15 for 15: No. 4 UFC enlists USADA for anti-doping program
After failed drug tests by Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Nick Diaz and Hector Lombard, the UFC decided to revamp its stance on drug testing and established an anti-doping policy of its own. In conjunction with USADA, the UFC anti-doping policy went into effect on July 1st of this year. In February, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White […]