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The MMA Tete-A-Tete: Predicting UFC 143 Buy Rates And Fight Outcomes
Luke Thomas and I have been doing these video chats for a couple of weeks over at MMA Nation and now I'm dragging them back to BE. We're calling them The MMA Tete-A-Tete: Coarsening the Discourse and you can see the whole collection on Luke's YouTube playlist. In this installment we talk about...
Report: UFC 142 Sells 225,000 Pay-Per-Views
UFC 142 sold 225,000 pay-per-view buys according to Dave Meltzer in the latest Wrestling Observer (subscription required). While low, this is quite a respectable number given the circumstances. Firstly the event was held in Brazil and the reduced domestic press coverage for overseas events always...
UFC 100 PPV buys in 1.5 million range; Dana White to jump off Mandalay Bay
Prior to the landmark centennial pay-per-event (PPV) for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), company president Dana White promised to do a backflip off the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, if the show attracted buys in the 1.5 million range. He's apparently a man of his word. UFC 100 on...
UFC 100 PPV buys: Dana White will flip out if it does 1.5 million
Props: Versus.com Quoteworthy: "If we do 1.5 million pay-per-view buys, I will do a backflip off the Mandalay Bay, and I'll live. Believe me (laughs). ... For us to do a million pay-per-view buys or anywhere near it, it's amazing." UFC President talks about the high expectations for UFC 100 on...
UFC Quick Quote: Brock Lesnar is the new PPV King
" ... when the dust settled on an unusual year, the biggest news of 2008 was the emergence of Lesnar as the year’s pay-per-view king. Lesnar’s 2.2 million buys over three fights made him the most-watched PPV fighter in 2008. His total was the second highest total in UFC history, trailing only Tito...
Report: UFC 91 PPV buys top 1 million -- second biggest haul ever for promotion
It was billed as the "biggest fight in UFC history." And if pay-per-view (PPV) buys are the barometer for success then UFC 91: "Couture vs. Lesnar" at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 15 appears to have been just that ... almost. Dave Meltzer from WrestlingObserver.com,...
UFC 91 PPV buys for 'Couture vs Lesnar' appear 'big'
It was billed as the "biggest fight in UFC history," but if pay-per-view (PPV) buys are the barometer for success then UFC 91: "Couture vs. Lesnar" at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 15 appears to have come up a bit short. Slightly. Dave Meltzer from...
UFC 91 to be biggest MMA PPV ever?
"No, we actually do research on these things, if you can believe it or not. Randy Couture coming back after all the stuff that had happened. He's one of the most popular fighters ever in UFC history. After Brock Lesnar's beating of Heath Herring, a lot of people are interested in Brock Lesnar now,...
UFC 82: Andrei Arlovski vs. Jake O'Brien
Bring out the blankets: Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski will return to the Octagon after almost a one-year layoff to fight Jake O'Brien at UFC 82: "Pride of a Champion" on March 1 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, according to Yahoo!Sports.com. Here's the snip: "......
UFC 71 tallies second largest gate with $4.4 million
UFC President Dana White confirmed on "The Blitz" today that UFC 71: "Liddell vs. Jackson" garnered somwhere in the neighborhood of one million pay-per-view (PPV) buys and a live gate of $4.4 million. This show ranks second in the history of the promotion -- Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz II at UFC 66...
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