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UFC 106 gate tops $3 million with 6,631 tickets sold on Nov. 21

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Saturday’s UFC 106: "Ortiz vs. Griffin 2" took in a gate of more than $3 million at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to official figures from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) released today.

The final tally came in at $3,003,250 and 6,631 tickets sold. These figures do not include a whopping 3,898 comped tickets — worth a hefty $2,331,250 — for a total attendance of 10,529 fans. There were 223 unsold tickets.

UFC 106 featured a main event rematch between former UFC light heavyweight champions Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin, which ended in a split decision in favor of Griffin. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season one winner mentioned in his post-fight remarks that he’s willing to face Ortiz in a rubber match at a later date in the future.

Other main card fights included Josh Koscheck picking up $140,000 in bonus checks for "Fight of the Night" and "Submission of the Night" in his win over welterweight slugger Anthony "Rumble" Johnson, while Antonio Rogerio Nogueira earned "Knockout of the Night" in his promotional debut for his first-round win over Luis Cane.

The UFC 106 preliminary card aired on Spike TV as a lead-in to the main card presentation on pay-per-view (PPV). The total base fighter payroll for the event was $1,021,000, along with $280,000 in bonus cash.

Of course none of these figures account for PPV buys, merchandise sales and other event-related profits; nor does it include production costs, employee salaries and the like.

For complete UFC 106 results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here and here.

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Someone throw him a banana

I heard Griffin and Ortiz may be the coaches of the next season

by ElStIkO on Nov 24, 2009 8:02 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

lucky he can fight.(well kinda)

cause he was never gonna make coin as a model! man he"s one ugly mo fo. kinda annoying to with his stupid grin during staredowns and the way he agrees with his opponent when they smack talk him and during the press con after 106 why didnt he tell tito to stfu and take his LOSS like a man, just sitting there looking like a goofy bastard listening to tito contradict himself and repeat himself for 15mins, man that tito is so full of bs, telling people hes 100% and then out with the book of excuses and saying 50 f"ing times how his career is in danas hands,how he thought he won, yada yada yada, then crying,omfg stick a fork in his massive head cause hes done!!!!!!

by tkkpal on Nov 24, 2009 8:09 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

It would be interesting to know how many of these tickets were sold PRIOR to Brock pulling out. I don’t remember the timeline…I’m not sure if Brock pulled out before or after the tickets went on sale. I can’t imagine people paying primo bucks to see Ortiz vs. Griffin II.

by Shadyone33 on Nov 24, 2009 9:12 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Funny story

I have a friend that does not keep up with MMA as much as we do here so, Friday night he calls me and asks me if I’m watching the the fights saturday and if he could tag along. I said yes and yes buy he never asked anything about the fights so I’m thinking he wants to watch Tito fight but no, he thought Brock was still fighting Saturday night. Last Tuesday at the gym, I saw a preview for UFC 106 still showing Brock vs Carwin and Tito vs Coleman as the fights, which almost made fall off the treadmil of how ridiculous this was to me. So I wonder how many people out there kept seeing the previews for UFC 106 still with Brock vs. Carwin as the main event and purchased the ppv not knowing Brock was out?

by MMACHAMP on Nov 24, 2009 11:46 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

UFC 107

Wondering what the ticket sales will be?? Most I know are afraid to go down to the Forum for this show.

by TapedUpPair on Nov 24, 2009 10:04 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Why are they scared?

Because Brock might come out and shoot them the bird while drinking a Coors on top of his wife?

by MMACHAMP on Nov 24, 2009 11:51 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Great time in Vegas – saw both Nog’s at a Mandalay restaurant after. Amir then walked in and saw them, then left. Two minutes later Anthony Johnson sat at the table next to me and was hanging out with Chung Lee. The next night I was sandwiched between the Nogueria’s at the buffet. Pretty much star struck.

Bruce Buffer is the man. That guy took pictures and signed autographs until every fan was taken care of.

One thing to note though, for the two Spike fights, they rushed out both fighters about 10 feet apart without their entry songs. There was a 15 minute break between the fights so it wasn’t a time issue.

by DJF on Nov 24, 2009 10:09 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

You saw Chung Li?

Awesome. You should have asked her if there’s any chance of Zangief joining the UFC HW division.

"Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once."

Julius Caesar (II, ii, 32-37)

by Jeremyjackson on Nov 24, 2009 10:37 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, Chung Li isn’t very popular in Japan anymore since he snapped that dude’s neck in the Kumite.

I'm kind of a big deal.

by P-Dub on Nov 24, 2009 11:28 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

You’re thinking of Chun Li.

Common mistake, and I believe they are related.

"Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once."

Julius Caesar (II, ii, 32-37)

by Jeremyjackson on Nov 24, 2009 11:35 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

You are Nex!

The dude that played Chun Li is my hero. I think he was like 50 when they shot that.

by fenderacoustic (formerly wAyNe) on Nov 25, 2009 12:10 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Sure it's been covered but..

Just got a chance to watch the fights. Props to Josh but that was not fight of the night. That would go to either the main event or Amir/Badass. Spread that bonus wealth.

by fenderacoustic (formerly wAyNe) on Nov 25, 2009 12:08 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Comped Tickets'

That is an amazing amount of comped tickets’’

by THORAZINE on Nov 25, 2009 9:45 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

comp'd tix

Not to re hatch old issues but 2 mill or less paid out in total including bonuses etc. Made 3 mill even after atrocious ticket sales on a card many thought wasn’t up to par before the event. Let’s say 1 mill ppv buys. I think that’s fair. Probs a lil more. So @ 50 a pop that’s 53 mill grossed plus merchandise sales which I have no idea what those would be, minus regular expenses n I’m damned sure that zuffa pocketed a pretty penny.

I don’t care that I feel tito/Forrest etc are still underpaid. The big issue is the poor guys who have ‘made it’ to the UFC, yet still fetch 3-10,000 a fight n have minimal to no sponsors n have to pay to train n feed themselves etc.
The whole damn wec roster is deprived. & I just feel a minimum salary needs to be introduced. It wouldn’t kill zuffa in the slightest to pay 25,000 a fighter or 20k a fighter per fight.

That’s it on that topic sorry.

by daniel worby on Nov 25, 2009 10:29 AM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

Brock Shane

I really cannot believe a ‘true fan’ still thought Brock/Shane was on. That’s nonsense sorry. I have part timers that come watch too, but trust me word spread quickly that Brock wouldn’t be on it. If they knew, a regular UFC viewer would as well.

That being said my local radio station was announcing Brock vs Shane as “the biggest heavyweight bout of all time” on a regular basis right up til I finally called this last Tuesday n told the DJ (who by the way didn’t just promote it, he always said it as if he was ordering it n his friends all love him cause he always gets em n they come watch it) that it was tito Forrest now.

He then proceeded to show his huge knowledge of mma by announcing it as ‘heavyweights tito Ortiz vs Forrest griffin’ the rest of the week.

Ugh

by daniel worby on Nov 25, 2009 10:34 AM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

Comes to show that Tito isn’t a draw anymore (not surprised). I guess it’s that easy to get free tickets to a UFC event, amazing. By the way, Forrest looks like a monkey in that photos lol.

by Vic De Zen on Nov 30, 2009 10:14 AM EST reply actions   0 recs


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