WEC 45 scores $102,700 gate with 926 tickets sold

by Nate Lawson on Jan 6, 2010 7:56 PM EST

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) finished out the 2009 fight season with an event that delivered on every level, even though it may have lacked big name star power.

WEC 45: "Cerrone vs. Ratcliff," however, went head-to-head with Strikeforce: "Evolution," falling short in the ratings war between the rivals. Nonetheless, ratings are just one side of the coin -- the rest of the notable facts and figures are now in, which makes it easier to measure true success.

The Dec. 19 event held at "The Pearl" in Las Vegas tallied a gate of $102,700, with ticket sales falling just short of the millennium-mark, coming in at 926, according to Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director, Keith Kizer.

In addition, the complimentary ticket mark fell just short of the actual sales at 815, while 450 tickets went unsold.

WEC 45 featured a lightweight bout between Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone and Ed "9MM" Ratcliff in the main event of the evening. It earned "Fight of the Night" honors along with the battle between 135-pound studs Takeya Mizugaki and Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen.

For complete WEC 45 results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here and here.

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is that good?

I dunno, the article didn’t seem negative but isn’t that low?

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by Bigger Zino on Jan 6, 2010 9:30 PM EST reply actions

Zuffa needs to lower the price on WEC tickets

Prices for the WEC events are just too high, that’s why the paid gate is so low. The WEC just doesn’t have the following or the stars that the UFC has, so charging $200-300 a ticket seems high. Having 450 unsold tickets in such a small venue can’t be good for business.

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by the rock on Jan 6, 2010 10:44 PM EST via mobile reply actions

What about moving WEC events

to somewhere other than Vegas. There is so much going on in Vegas that I think they would benefit having fights in smaller cities that don’t have fights every other weekend. When the UFC came to Omaha for for Fight Night, they sold out nearly 13,000 tickets on a Wednesday night! Hell, one of the local promotions is pulling in nearly 8,000 people for their shows. Move some WEC shows around to cities like Denver, Kansas City, Omaha, Minneapolis, etc and the turnout would be much better than in Vegas.

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by VNDK8 on Jan 7, 2010 10:08 AM EST reply actions

Agree

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by jay. on Jan 7, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions