The UFC announced that UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields at Rogers Centre in Toronto sold out in mere minutes. Via UFC press release: UFC® 129: ST-PIERRE vs. SHIELDS, which is presented by TapouT®, is the first major mixed martial arts event to ever be held in Ontario. The event doubles the largest gate and […]
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White predicts UFC.tv is future of PPV
MMA Junkie reports that UFC head Dana White predicts that the new UFC.tv technology launched with UFC 126 is the future of UFC events. Dana White told MMA Junkie: “I’ve been saying it for 10 years. Everything is going Internet. I believe that everybody is going to be watching TV and be on the Internet.” While the […]
UFC 126 PPV Numbers, Gate, Ratings and Notes
Dave Meltzer from F4WOnline (subscription) reports on his newsletter that trending patterns for UFC 126 PPV buys are in the range of 700k-750K buys. The show live drew a sellout of 10,893 paying $3.6 million in the building, and another 1,046 paying $45,100 at the adjacent ballroom for closed-circuit. … Initial buy rate projections based […]
Edgar-Spencer part ways
First GSP, now UFC Lightweight Champ Frankie Edgar has split with his agent Shari Spencer. Spencer had represented GSP and Edgar at the beginning of the year, now both have left her agency. Edgar sent out a press release which stated the following: “Shari did a fantastic job with handling my business affairs however at […]
UFC 126: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another addition of Payout Perspective. Today we look at UFC 126 held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Super Bowl weekend show featured a trio of fights: the much-anticipated Anderson Silva facing Vito Belfort, Forrest Griffin taking on Rich Franklin and Jon “Bones” Jones faced Ryan Bader. Silva KOs Belfort After an intense weigh-in face off […]