MMAPayout.com uses statistical regression analysis to match both the viewership numbers from Spike TV’s Countdown to UFC and the live gate figures reported by athletic commissions against the PPV buyrate numbers for each UFC event. The analysis produces a linear equation, which can then be used to take new Countdown or gate information and predict […]
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MMAterial Facts (03/29/10): UFC 115 Moving, Strikeforce Partners Up With Canadian Promotion
UFC 115 Will Not Happen in Vancouver, Cincinnati Possible New Canadian promotion “Lets Get It On MMA” Partners With Strikeforce UFC president Dana White expects Web to serve as global UFC television channel MTV could launch show on local MMA fighters Martial arts expo losing fight in Metro Vancouver UFC 115 Will Not Happen in […]
UFC 115 in Vancouver a No-Go
Joe Ferraro of Sportsnet.ca is reporting that UFC 115 in Vancouver is looking like less and less of a possibility due to insurance and other issues brought up by the Vancouver City Council and its conditional license. A planned UFC show in Vancouver in June is on the ropes, apparently due to insurance and other […]
UFC 111: Gate and Attendance
Dana White re-affirmed at UFC 111’s post-fight press conference that the attendance for Saturday’s show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey was over 17,000 and considered to be a sell-out. The event produced a gate of over $4 million, which would make it the UFC’s highest grossing gate event since UFC 100 last July […]
UFC 111: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we take a look at the UFC’s return to New Jersy with UFC 111. The sold-out held at Newark’s Prudential Center featured a welterweight title bout between Georges St-Pierre and Dan Hardy, as well as an interim heavyweight title bout between Shane Carwin and Frank Mir. […]