MMA Fighting reports that UFC 165 and UFC 166 PPV buys are lower than expected. The poor showings are disappointing as the UFC expected to finish strong to end the year. According to Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting, UFC 165 did somewhere between 300,000 and 325,000 PPV buys. Numbers have not been released for UFC […]
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UFC Fight Night 30 on FS2: 122,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that UFC Fight Night 30 airing on Fox Sports 2 received a viewer average of 122,000 viewers. The show aired live from Manchester, England and aired in the states in the afternoon. UFC Fight Nights on FS1 UFC Fight Night 26: 1.78 million viewers UFC Fight Night 27: 824,000 viewers UFC […]
UFC Fight Night 30 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 30. Lyoto Machida heads the list of bonus winners receiving $50,000 each. The event from Phone4u Arena in Manchester, England had 10,355 fans for a gate of $1.5 million. The arena’s capacity is 21,000 although we do not know the actual arena […]
Ortiz out, Bellator PPV now on Spike
MMA Fighting reports that due to an injury to Tito Ortiz, the Bellator PPV is off and now is being switched to Spike TV. Rampage Jackson will not fight next Saturday although he is expected to fight soon. Despite having Eddie Alvarez-Michael Chandler moving to the top of the card, Bellator and Viacom decided that […]
UFC 166 early PPV numbers low?
The Wrestling Observer (subscription recommended) has indicated that the initial PPV buy rate for UFC 166 is lower than expected. While no numbers were provided, the inference was that it was lower than the Bradley-Marquez Top Rank PPV the week prior which expects to have a PPV buy rate between 350,000 and 450,000. If the […]