MMA Weekly reports via twitter that Seattle’s UFC Fight Night was a sellout of over 14,212 with a gate of $1,182,850. The draw was the most out of any UFC Fight Nights. The event was scheduled to house 8,000 but increased demand had the UFC open the upper bowl of the KeyArena. On Friday, the UFC released […]
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UFC Fight Night Seattle Weigh-Ins
MMA Payout had the chance to go to the UFC Weigh-Ins at the KeyArena in Seattle. A fairly good turnout for a sunny afternoon in Seattle. Outside KeyArena in Seattle. Live at the Weigh-Ins. UFC Visa Card The Seattle Times had three articles for this week’s Fight Night including Dan Hardy’s visit to Bruce Lee’s […]
UFC 127, 128 PPV Buyrate Updates
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer (paid subscription) passes along the latest trending estimate for UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones: Our earliest PPV estimates, and keep in mind anything this early is just an estimate, have ranged from 415,000 to 470,000, with the average being 445,000. If those numbers hold up, that would be considerably […]
Exploring Why SVSE Walked Away from Strikeforce & MMA
Last week’s shocking Strikeforce sale is still resonating through the MMA landscape as it left fans and media with many unanswered questions. MMAPayout will explore why Strikeforce was sold, SVSE’s future plans, and why they decided to walk away from MMA. In an interview with HDNet’s Bas Rutten, Scott Coker revealed that Silicon Valley […]
Dana White web chat with Seattletimes.com
Dana White participated in a web chat Wednesday on the Seattle Times web site. The chat was a part of promoting this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Seattle. White discussed many topics including some interesting business issues: – White expected the Seattle show to be about 8,000 in attendance but now about 14,000 tickets have […]