UFC 114 nabs $3,895,125 at the gate with 13,294 tickets sold on May 29 (Updated)
by Jesse Holland on Jun 7, 2010 6:51 PM EDT
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The UFC 114 pay-per-view took in a gate of $3,895,125 on May 29 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to official figures from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) released today.
The final attendance of 14,996 was a result of 13,294 tickets sold and 1,702 comped tickets.
A mere 14 tickets remained unsold.
The UFC dished out $1.371 million in fighter salaries for the live event and another $260,000 in additional bonus money for the four participants who delivered outstanding performances.
"Rampage vs. Evans" featured a close but still clear-cut unanimous decision win for "Sugar" Rashad Evans, who overcame the power of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson with an effective combination of wrestling and defense.
205-pound stalwart Antonio Rogerio Nogueira inched his way closer to a future title shot with a controversial split decision win over the ultra tough Jason Brilz.
For complete UFC 114 results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here and here.
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Nice
Thats not a bad gate.
"IT IS WHAT IT IS"
Ironically, When Dana White and Co. Counts Their Cash From
900,000+ PPV buys they are saying damn I wish one more guy would have boughten the PPV
by AintNoSunshine on Jun 7, 2010 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Rashad stole $3,730,125.00? DAMN! GRAN LARCENY!!!!
Boring ass event. I doubt all those fans paid big money to watch Olympic wrestling
Actually it was a great event if you don't count the Bisping and Rashad fights...
Pretty much all the other fights were great times!
Bullets dodge Fedor.
terrible event.
The duffee vs russow fight sucked ballz, almost fell asleep and the KO saved me. Hathaway vs Sanchez was the same shit for 3 rounds.
Rashad is the king of errything!
anyone see the Cyrille vs. Banha fight?
anyone got a link?
How did Cryille win? TKO via kicks, punches. knees or elbows?
Banha is slipping!
It was on the prelims
They both droped each other. 1st banha droped’em w/ a strait left but cudnt finish. Cyrille droped’em with the same punch but finished him on the ground. Sick fight.
by d*locc on Jun 7, 2010 9:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
cyrille made me money, knew he'd win.
He knocked Banha down with 2 clean punches followed him to the ground and Herb stepped in. “The Snake” is a tall motherfucker, he won the fight on his reach cause his defense was shit.
Rashad is the king of errything!
ur probably already seen it by now but just in case and for anyone else..
http://www.mmatko.com/luiz-cane-vs-cyrille-diabate-fight-video-ufc-114-prelim/
For what profit is it to man if he gains the world , and loses his own soul?
- Matthew 16:26
HAHAHA john g...what happened to your boy?
Where was Page’s superior wrestling and striking? I thought there was absolutely no way Shad could possibly beat Page. Go ahead lay out all your excuses why an in-prime Page would destroy and in-prime Shad yada yada yada. Fact of the matter is…Shad may not have made it look too pretty but I loved it…it was a perfect gameplan and a solid win. Give Shad the props you said you would if he won.
"To me, MMA is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other."
Amazing Wrestler! Phenominal wrestler!
Wont ever pay a penny to see him fight, but thats another story in its entirety!
check out my thoughts under Kevs, MMBB of last week…I aint going over it again!
There were a couple bad fight but I was happy I went. I spent 500 on a ticket and I’m not bitchin. I enjoyed it. To be fair it was my first time at a major mma event though
by LOKIE on Jun 7, 2010 10:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah, but I dont get any of that money and they did so all the more reason why they could afford to have it on spike.
So I used the ppv $ and got a quarter of purple kush and watched them that same night on the internet. And honestly, I do think they want one more.
Homer: Gee, Mr. Burns, you’re the richest guy I know; way richer than Lenny.
Mr. Burns: Yes, but I’d trade it all for a little more.
UFC 114 = One of UFCs Top 5 PPVs Ever If I recall The Numbers
by AintNoSunshine on Jun 7, 2010 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions
its pretty evident why certain ppl dislike the card
Clearly wanted Page to win/Bisping to lose/Diego to win, or all 3.
I however was not blinded by any sort of nuthuggery or hatred and picked 3 for 3 in that dept. Also saw a fight ended due to knee to the solarplex, rare and exciting to me. Luiz faltered and now arises a very well built fighter for the division. And we also saw how over hyped some young punk was, and the resilience of one Jason Brilz.
Was an excellent card. And ask Kevin, apparently I hate the UFC so, it must have been spectacular. ;)
House of 1000 Worbses
by daniel worby on Jun 8, 2010 8:42 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
by overhyped young punk im assuming..
You meant dairy queen duffee? Lol…there were few more times when I screamed so loudly with joy..wandy ko’ing jardine and lyoto-rashad..come to mind
Join The Army, Visit exotic places, meet strange people, then kill them.
by salamagogo on Jun 8, 2010 9:10 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
precisely. i picked him to win but...
…to be fair I picked him due to the appearance of his opponent, and also I picked him to win in less then impressive fashion. I wouldn’t have picked him over any good HW.
House of 1000 Worbses
by daniel worby on Jun 8, 2010 9:23 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
$45 for a quarter of purple kush???? I don't think it was purple kush then. Those prices sound more like commercial Mexican brick weed.
I AM SOMETIMES BIASED - Get over it!!!!!!!
Taking in that much money they should be paying every fighter at least . . . one million dollars (pinky finger to lower lip).
Our lives change like the weather, but a legend never dies.
I could live modestly and retire on 1 mil
If it’s not that much then give me a loan.
That’s right girl, let me whisper in your ear
Baby wake up, we’re naked and we’re humpin’ sexy
For the last fifteen minutes baby, that’s what’s been happen’
Yeah, too late now, it’s on.
by O damn he got caught on Jun 7, 2010 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
by OJR on Jun 7, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Works for me. Blow and hoes for everybody if I ever get my hands on that kind of change.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
by OJR on Jun 8, 2010 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
It's incredible that your spellings correct when your posts are so retarded.
That’s right girl, let me whisper in your ear
Baby wake up, we’re naked and we’re humpin’ sexy
For the last fifteen minutes baby, that’s what’s been happen’
Yeah, too late now, it’s on.
by O damn he got caught on Jun 7, 2010 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Free market
As long as fighters in the UFC continue to fight for chump change, Dana will have ZERO incentive to pay them more money. Do I think Dana is a cheap douchebag? Yes, i do. Is he doing pretty much the exact same thing that any savy buisnessman does in a free market: pay your employees as little money as possible to barely keep them around? Affirmative.
" Its a good thing you look good in that suit, cos that's all you're gonna be doing - wearing a suit."
Anybody can talk
But what facts do you have
The UFC paid 1.6 million in salary & bonus with a gate of 3.7 =2.1
-Does what is sent to the media all the salaries? No and it states that when they show the payday the day after the fight
-How many other employees from stage set up to announcer, to medical staff, commession, security, video personal, cage girls, equipment cost, moving..etc?
-What does advertising cost?
-What are all the legal fee cost
- What % of PPV sales does the UFC get?
- What does the UFC get in advertisement?
- Does the UFC pay fighters a training salary?
- Does the UFC help the fighters gain sponsorship?
- Does anybody know really how much the UFC is making?
I’m sure they make a pretty Penny, but I don’t know if it’s near as much as some of you think but then again I have no idea becasue I don’t know all the facts.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
yeah but that doesnt even count the ppv buys and sponsors
so let’s just say they did 900,000 buys at 45 bucks apiece, cable company takes 5 bucks off that so UFC makes $40 × 900,000, that’s 36 million on top of the 2 million they cleared at the gate. now tell me they are not making enough money. $3000 for a first time fighter in the UFC? come on now. that’s fucking robbery of the highest caliber… UFC is reaching Enron levels with this scam.
and it is sad but true, they have a virtual monopoly (which should be illegal, strikeforce doesn’t count as true competition IMO) so they can tell the fighters to fuck themselves.
shitty shitty shitty
by truckerclock on Jun 8, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
it could be worse, american idol takes 50% of it’s winners liftetime earnings..
and someone posted on here the other day rampage and rashad have contracts where they get a ppv cut, also the ufc pays all medical bills for each guy as long as its an injury related to the octagon..
also point out, if you’re in this sport for the money you won’t last long
by randy murders on Jun 8, 2010 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions
shhh truckerdock
Saying the truth around here doesn’t go over well. You weren’t supposed to bring up all that obvious stuff when Puck was trying to make it sound like they don’t make a ridiculous amount of money. Trust me you’ll just get slammed by guys who will tell you you’re wrong, no matter how many relevant points you suggest.
House of 1000 Worbses
by daniel worby on Jun 8, 2010 8:50 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The cable companies don’t take $5 off the top, they get half, which is $25-30 depending on provider and HD/regular, etc.
Our lives change like the weather, but a legend never dies.
even if that math is correct
that’s still 23 million dollars plus the two million plus sponsor money… hmmmm do that twelve times a year, sometimes more, then tell me how broke you are.
these guys are pocketing multiple hundreds of millions of dollars and a fighter can maybe make 20 grand in his first year of fighting if he fights three times and doesnt get fight of the night bonuses… sure that sounds fair lol
Not 2 shabby!
Can’t w8 to see machida vs. Rampage now!!!
by d*locc on Jun 7, 2010 10:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
anyone know after july 3rd the next time the UFC goes to Las Vegas?
Im thinking of going out next time
Team Pioli/Haley
sorry SD i tried looking the other day as well
This one would be awesome to go to coming up, but too soon for my finances/work. I know we’re up to UFC 119 at least before she’s returning there for a PPV card so, seems to be a while.
House of 1000 Worbses
by daniel worby on Jun 8, 2010 8:59 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
appreciate you looking it up....hopefully 120 or 121 goes to Vegas!
I wish I was going july 3rd, I just don’t want to go over the 4th!
Team Pioli/Haley
Boxing vs MMA
Just a side note because I love this debate, the Cotto/Foreman fight at Yankees Stadium sold a little over 20,000 tickets. Not sure about ppv. I know Cotto got $2 mil and Foreman got like $750,000 purse.
That was gud ass fight!
That kid foreman showed alot heart gained a bunch of fans with that fight. Boxing been having great fights lately.
by d*locc on Jun 8, 2010 11:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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