MMA Junkie reports the release of the official numbers from the Colorado State Boxing Commission for WEC 51 held September 30th. 3,791 fans attended with a live gate or $191,620. The average revenue per ticket issued was $50.55. The event was the first-ever in Colorado. Payout Perspective: The numbers are better than WEC 50, but […]
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WEC 51 ratings up more than 50 percent
MMA Junkie reports that ratings for WEC 51 were up 54 percent from WEC 50. Last Thursday’s show out of Broomfield, Colorado garnered 486,000 viewers. The event featuring Jose Aldo versus Manny Gamburyan received a 0.49 household rating. The numbers should please the WEC as the past two events drew disappointing numbers. Payout Perspective: Hypothetically speaking, […]
Welcome to Brocktober…or Rocktober
As UFC fans know, it is heavily promoting UFC 121’s Brock Lesnar’s match against Cain Velasquez with television programming-directed to Lesnarand proclaiming the month of October as “Brocktober”. Someone did not tell the WWE (or they did) as WWE Classics On Demand is promoting classic Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson matches and calling this month “Rocktober” – […]
Showtime on MTV: WEC star on MTV’s “The World of Jenks”
WEC lightweight contender Anthony “Showtime” Pettis appearedon the new MTV reality/documentary show “The World of Jenks” on Monday night. This is good timing as it was recently announcedthat Pettis will face Benson Henderson for the WEC lightweight championship on December 16th. The episode focuses on Pettis’ life and training leading up to his fight in March with […]
WEC lassos Cowboy; issues statement condemning remarks
The WEC issued a statement publicly condemning Cowboy Donald Cerrone for statements made in an interview for his upcoming fight with Jamie Varner. In the interview, Cerrone hoped that he would kill Varner. He also used homosexual/sexist slurs in referring to Varner. Bloody Elbow has the offending portion of Cerrone’s interview: INTERVIEWER: “And do you feel that maybe […]