Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer comments on the intensity and apparently international aspirations for the UFC’s early-2010 schedule: Moving the Lesnar fight gives UFC breathing room, as before this weekend, there seemed to be no back-up if Anderson Silva couldn’t fight on that show, as they didn’t figure on coming back with a light heavyweight title […]
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Importance of UFC 105 Growing
It’s been rumoured on Twitter and various other websites that Lesnar-Carwin and/or Machida-Rua II are being considered for UFC 108; a card that has effectively become the organization’s New Years event. While the postponement of UFC 106’s main event is more bad news for the UFC, things could have certainly been a lot worse for the organization. Lesnar could have waited […]
UFC 104 Prelims on Spike Draw 1.4 Million
MMAPayout.com has confirmed that the UFC 104 Prelims on Spike TV drew a 1.1 household rating for an average audience of 1.4 million viewers. The show also generated a 1.3 rating in both the M18-34 and M18-49 demographics. The prelims ended up being the second ranked fight card in the M18-34 demo on Saturday night […]
UFC 104 Buyrate Prediction: 398,000
MMAPayout.com promised a more detailed explanation of the regression analysis used to derive the linear equation used to predict 398,000 buys for last weekend’s UFC 104 PPV event. We like to keep our promises! Regression Analysis Explained Regression analysis is a statistical technique that allows us to explore the relationships between different sets of numbers (or what the stats community […]
UFC 104: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This week, we’ll be taking at look at UFC 104 held this past Saturday, October 24th from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The card featured a light heavyweight championship bout between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, and was co-headlined by Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell. UFC 104 […]