Dave Meltzer reports that early estimates of this past Saturday’s UFC 226 are slightly under 400,000 PPV buys. Unless this number makes a drastic rise, the numbers reflect the lack of drawing power for the heavyweight main event. Despite the fact that UFC 226 lost the Max Holloway-Brian Ortega fight, it’s hard to think that […]
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UFC 226: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition we take a look at UFC 226 taking place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cormier is a Champ x2 Daniel Cormier knocked out Stipe Miocic to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Cormier becomes just the second fighter (behind Conor McGregor) to hold […]
TUF 27 Finale main card draws just 499,000 viewers
The Ultimate Fighter 27 drew 499,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims which preceded the main card on FS1 drew a nearly identical 493,000 viewers. The main card numbers make it the lowest-rated TUF Finale to date. The TUF 27 main event featured Brad Tavares taking on Israel Adesanya. The Nigerian-born fighter dominated […]
Lesnar return to Octagon will happen in 2019
MMA Junkie reports USADA’s confirmation that Brock Lesnar entered the USADA testing pool on July 3, 2018. This means that the earliest Lesnar could return to the Octagon would be January 8, 2019 according to USADA. There was speculation that Lesnar would be ready by the UFC 25th Anniversary Show in New York in November […]
TUF 27 Finale attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC reports the TUF Finale 27 attendance, gate and bonuses. The numbers were disclosed post-event. The bonuses went out to Israel Adesanya, Luis Pena, Alex Caceres and Martin Bravo. Each earned $50,000 bonuses. Caceres and Bravo earned Fight of the Night while Adesanya and Pena drew Performance Bonuses. Adesanya scored the rare feat of earning […]