UFC 103 Vs. Mayweather/Marquez buyrates

Nothing is official yet but heres the early estimate from a guy who almost always ends up getting it right in the end, dave meltzer. boxing almost definitely wins this round. At press time, no official numbers are available for the boxing show. Kevin Iole reported a figure for the boxing show of nearly 1 million, which almost certinally isn't true, and he is a guy who has been way off many times before. Based on trending patterns, UFC 103 at press time looks to be in the 375,000 buy range (a little up from UFC 99, down not that much from UFC 102) and the boxing numbers look to be 650,000 to 700,000.Trending patterns have Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez at this point looking to be less sizeably than the last major boxing blockbuster, Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton (which did about 825,000 buys) in May. Some sources have it doubling UFC numbers and others say it beat it handily, but did not double it. UFC had tons more locations take the show when it comes to bars and restaurants, but Mayweather vs. Marquez was broadcast in movie theaters, with no reports on how well it did. UFC 103 also had a one-hour special leading into the PPV, airing two fights live and because those two fights ended quickly, tapes of other fights along with interviews to fill the time. The hour did a 1.0 rating and had 1.4 million viewers, doing a 1.5 in Males 18-49 and 1.1 in Males 35-49. In the hype going into 9/19, UFC officials were all but conceding the show would not do the PPV numbers boxing would. Dana White, while ripping the show, never said UFC would beat it, and instead said that it would be a better show for the money, and that on PPV, UFC was now a bigger than WWE and boxing combined, which based on this year’s numbers, they technically they will be."