There's no official number out yet for UFC 92 which took place on 12/27, but they needed 514k buys to break the all time record for ppv revenue in a single year, and rumor has it that the numbers exceeded 1million+

This news will surely light a fire under boxing's ass! Hopefully we will get better matchups and better undercards for the ppv's due to this news.

http://www.411mania.com/MMA/news/94091

In a recent interview with ESPN, Dana White was asked what happens in the aftermath of St. Pierre vs. Penn, he responded "I'm not worried about that; I'm worried about the fight itself. I think it's going to be the biggest fight we've ever done. The last Lesnar pay-per-view did really well, and then our Dec. 27 show crushed it." But the boss didn't stop there. He went on to say "I don't want to get into numbers too much—that's our policy. But it crushed it. I'll say this: The Christmas show crushed the Lesnar fight by 150,000-175,000 buys."

If true, that is an incredible feat. UFC 91 is estimated to have accumulated about 1,010,000 PPV buys, which would have put it as the second biggest PPV buy the UFC has ever done. Then UFC 92 comes along out of nowhere and does 150,000-175,000 more than UFC 91. That would put the number at just under 1.2 million, which would put it over UFC 66 as the most bought UFC PPV. Also with this is the revelation that the UFC is the new record holder for PPV revenue in a single year by a company, beating out WWE (then WWF) in 2001. On top of that, Dana thinks that UFC 94 will be the biggest show they've ever done. That's right, three PPV's in as many months that generated more than 1 million PPV buys, which considering the current shape of the economy would be the greatest accomplishment in the history of PPV.

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Stop Crying. PPV #'s are a big thing in boxing. Just wondering what the fans here think about this news.

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agreed. Take this to the right forum

This can have a direct effect on boxing. That is why i posted it here. U guys need to stop being so insecure.

good for MMA, let them have their shine...boxing has been around for centuries anyways, while MMA been around what.. 15 years?

There's no official number out yet for UFC 92 which took place on 12/27, but they needed 514k buys to break the all time record for ppv revenue in a single year, and rumor has it that the numbers exceeded 1million+

This news will surely light a fire under boxing's ass! Hopefully we will get better matchups and better undercards for the ppv's due to this news.

It would be pathetic if they didn't break the record. They have 4 times as many PPV events as anyone else.

This has nothing to do with boxing. Get your grab assing the **** out of here.

It would be pathetic if they didn't break the record. They have 4 times as many PPV events as anyone else.

I know UFC does a ppv card once a month. So that would be 12 ppv's for the year. Does anyone know how many ppv's boxing had in 2008?

It would be pathetic if they didn't break the record. They have 4 times as many PPV events as anyone else.

good point......

I'll tell one thing. If Dana White ran boxing, we would be getting MUCH better quality fights. He dont go for that ducking ****. Either fight em, or scram. He caters to the fans, and in return, the fans pay him back buy buying the ppv's! Cant get mad at the guy.

Stop Crying. PPV #'s are a big thing in boxing. Just wondering what the fans here think about this news.

well it's interesting news. regardless of being in the wrong forum

but most of the Boxing PPV #'s just show the people (media, fans, whoever cares)

that DLH is the only real big name that can consistently sell.

look how the Pavlik-Hopkins, Jones-Calzaghe, and Diaz-Pacquiao PPV's did compared to Oscar vs Pacquiao

the "boxing is dying" argument gets thrown around so damn much, but when DLH fights and his PPV's do over a Mill

does it really prove that boxing is alive and well

or that DLH is still a big draw.

**my stance is somewhere in between the 2 extremes of boxing being "dead" or "strongly alive"

while certainly not dead, Boxing and other combat sports I believe are just harder to embrace in this day and age

and that doesn't mean it's "dying"

just that it's not that popular.

hell I remember 6-7 years back when the TV ratings posted and the NBA would absolutely kill Golf and Hockey.

that didn't mean Hokey + Golf were dying. They just aren't as popular.

Boxing suffers the same problem in the US when compared to the other more covered and publicized sports such as baseball, basketball and football.

It is easy to set PPV numbers records when you have a record number of PPV events.

because they have 1223223 ppvs

I'll tell one thing. If Dana White ran boxing, we would be getting MUCH better quality fights. He dont go for that ducking ****. Either fight em, or scram. He caters to the fans, and in return, the fans pay him back buy buying the ppv's! Cant get mad at the guy.

You are acting like someone runs boxing. Boxing isnt one federation or league whatever like UFC. It would be like the WBA running stuff, it doesnt work like that.

Their main events/undercards are usually great. They deserve this. They getting what they put into it. :D

Considering UFC 92 had three superfights on one card, it''s not at all surprising the PPV numbers they did.

Not surprising. UFC has really gotten their **** straight and given the fans the fights they want to see.

I'm glad it did well. UFC ppvs always deliver. As opposed to boxing in which one out of ever ten is worth buying. I hope they break more records next year. Boxing should take notes from the UFC. One recognized champ, numerous bad ass fights on one card, and most importantly NO OSCAR DE LA HOYAS destroying the sport.

Have you noticed they try and make mma as good as boxing and not the other way around.

It is easy to set PPV numbers records when you have a record number of PPV events.

Regardless. They consistantly put up better numbers than boxing. Im happy for them. They cater to thier fans unlike in boxing. Im a huge boxing fan, but im tired of defending a sport that constantly ****s on its faithfull fans!

I'm glad it did well. UFC ppvs always deliver. As opposed to boxing in which one out of ever ten is worth buying. I hope they break more records next year. Boxing should take notes from the UFC. One recognized champ, numerous bad ass fights on one card, and most importantly NO OSCAR DE LA HOYAS destroying the sport.

Amen!.....

With De La Hoya retiring who is going to be the million buys ppv guy?

Congrats to the UFC but it wont effect Boxing. Boxing promotors/tele dont care about fans they only care about making money. UFC caters more for the fans by putting on a great PPV each month and 3 or 4 good action packed fights.

^ uh solid point but with the WBC, WBA, IBF all around

ONE champ is a pipe dream. at least for the time being

and besides very hard to compare the two

as the UFC is one company that can matchmake and quite easily put together fights between fighters within the UFC with little to no difficulty

where boxing deals with rival TV networks (HBO+Showtime) and promoters who at times prioritize making the fights that give the most profit vs the fights that fans want/are competitive

**and why would Boxing PPV's switch up there format? Look how many PPV buys DLH-Pacquiao got with a **** under card.

if your DLH .. why switch on the format, lol?

Hopefully boxing doesn't have to break that record and can get on free HBO and *fingers crossed* network tv for all of the big fights.
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^ uh solid point but with the WBC, WBA, IBF all around

ONE champ is a pipe dream. at least for the time being

and besides very hard to compare the two

as the UFC is one company that can matchmake and quite easily put together fights between fighters within the UFC with little to no difficulty

where boxing deals with rival TV networks (HBO+Showtime) and promoters who at times prioritize making the fights that give the most profit vs the fights that fans want/are competitive

**and why would Boxing PPV's switch up there format? Look how many PPV buys DLH-Pacquiao got with a **** under card.

if your DLH .. why switch on the format, lol?


good points.

The only way we will see MMA become like Boxing with the govening bodies if afew more companies can come along and become huge companies.

I was at UFC 91 and 92 live and let me tell you one thing I noticed that told the whole story for me. I walked in to the arena at 6 and it was packed but the main event didnt start until 8:40. It's a whole extravaganza with a UFC card. But with boxing, it gets packed right before the main event and about 30 percent of the fans are actual boxing fans. Especially for mega fights. I was at Hatton Mayweather, and 9 out of 10 American fans hadn't heard of Hatton or Mayweather. They were there because their company had seats or some other non-boxing related reason.

Red Karma for *****es posting MMA threads on Boxing forum.

I was at UFC 91 and 92 live and let me tell you one thing I noticed that told the whole story for me. I walked in to the arena at 6 and it was packed but the main event didnt start until 8:40. It's a whole extravaganza with a UFC card. But with boxing, it gets packed right before the main event and about 30 percent of the fans are actual boxing fans. Especially for mega fights. I was at Hatton Mayweather, and 9 out of 10 American fans hadn't heard of Hatton or Mayweather. They were there because their company had seats or some other non-boxing related reason.

I remember prior to the fight I was on the bus going to work and the was some fella on about the fight. He said he never heard of Mayweather and from what he read in the press he was an over-rated American fighter. He said he watched all of Hattons fights and he would knock Mayweather out in the 10th round. how ironic eh?

I honestly thought that the benchmark set in 2006 wouldn't be broken for a long time, but here we are 2 years later and it looks like its already been broken. And all this even with so-called "competition" from EliteXC, Strikeforce and Affliction. So much for all those members of this forum that thought the UFC was taking a downturn and that Affliction was going to be their savior LMFAO!.

I won't say it's not an awesome feat, because it is, but, they have a ppv once a month, sometimes twice(i think). It's a great sport, I don't love it like I love Boxing, but I do watch as much of it as I possibly can.

I won't say it's not an awesome feat, because it is, but, they have a ppv once a month, sometimes twice(i think). It's a great sport, I don't love it like I love Boxing, but I do watch as much of it as I possibly can.

Plus, although irrelevant, they give some really good fight cards for free on S*P*I*K*E TV as well which is something boxing has lacked for a long time.

Also the boxing promoters have a knack of putting on some horrid undercards on their PPVs. I mean DLH/Pacman had to be one of the worst undercards I had ever seen, and I was pissed off up until DLH got his ass handed to him. Same with the Pavlik/B-Hop card and the RJJ/Calzaghe card.

Red Karma for *****es posting MMA threads on Boxing forum.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231628&highlight=dying

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http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231628&highlight=dying

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That had to do with Boxing ****head, this thread had jack **** to do with boxing.

**** off now.

I won't say it's not an awesome feat, because it is, but, they have a ppv once a month, sometimes twice(i think). It's a great sport, I don't love it like I love Boxing, but I do watch as much of it as I possibly can.



They have 12 events a year, so yes, once a month.

But even when you look at even the average buys per event, its still outselling boxing.


I'm a huge fan of both, and think that the rise of MMA can only help boxing in the long run.

Its a win-win situation for fans.

good points.

The only way we will see MMA become like Boxing with the govening bodies if afew more companies can come along and become huge companies.

Why would MMA WANT to become more like boxing in regards to the way its ran? Dana White has done everything possible to NOT make it like boxing. In return, the fans get better fights!