MMA Fighting reports that last month’s UFC 174 from Vancouver received a lowly PPV buy rate between 95,000 to 115,000 buys. The buy rate is the lowest Yahoo! Sports reported that the show featuring Demetrious Johnson and Ali Baugitinov received 125,000 PPV buys. Regardless, the PPV buy rate is the lowest in the “modern era” […]
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UFC 175: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 175 which was the centerpiece for International Fight Week. The main event from the Mandalay Bay in Vegas had Chris Weidman defending his middleweight title against Lyoto Machida. Weidman defends belt against Machida It was a tough title defense, but […]
TUF 19 Finale: 1M viewers; TUF 19 Prelims: 774K viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that Sunday night’s TUF 19 Finale on FS1 hit an average of 1 million viewers. In addition, the TUF Finale Prelims which preceded the Finale scored 774,000 viewers in the 7-9pm ET slot. The fights Sunday night on FS1 were lower than the previous TUF 18 Finale in […]
UFC 175 Prelims: 1,000,000 viewers
LA Lost: UFC 176 cancelled
Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports! reports that UFC 176 has been cancelled due to the lack of a replacement main event for Jose Aldo-Chad Mendes. Aldo suffered a neck injury during training which forced him out although the UFC plans to postpone this fight until October. It’s the second time in the company’s history that […]