So Floyd pulled 1,000,000+ in front of there TVs - What did UFC do?

[The Underboss]

UFC 100: July 11, 2009
UFC 101: August 8, 2009
UFC 102: August 29, 2009
UFC 103: September 19, 2009

i'm talking about PPV buys.

[MOREBASS]

UFC is falling .

UFC 103 - 450,000 (Franklin vs. Belfort) Dallas
UFC 102 - 435,000 (Nogueira vs. Couture) Portland
UFC 101 – 900,000 (Penn vs. Florian) Philadelphia
UFC 100 - 1,720,000 (Lesnar vs. Mir II) Vegas
UFC 99 - 360,000 (Franklin vs. W. Silva) Cologne, Germany
UFC 98 - 635,000 (Evans vs. Machida) Vegas
UFC 97 - 625,000 (A. Silva vs. Leites) Montreal, Quebec
UFC 96 - 350,000 (Jackson vs. Jardine) Columbus
UFC 95 - free TV (Sanchez vs. Stevenson) London
UFC 94 - 800,000 (St. Pierre vs. Penn) Vegas
UFC 93 - 320,000 (Henderson vs. Franklin) Dublin, Ireland

6,595,000 total PPV buys in 2009...SO FAR

There are still 2 more PPV events for the UFC in 2009, with the UFC's own version of a cash cow in Brock Lesnar set to fight in December.

By the way, in 2009 the UFC has already broken their own record for PPV buys in a year.

[ИATAS]

they have a lot of PPV's. Consistency is what they have going for them with the occasional big event. They sell the product of UFC, which their faithful will always buy, whereas boxing sells individual fights/fighters.

[Fights]

i'm talking about PPV buys.

The reality is UFC's overall PPV numbers is good.

As someone has pointed out in this thread, big names pulls in big buys.

Comparing Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao PPV numbers to Felix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr. PPV numbers is unfair.

It's just so happens that the latest UFC's fighter name is not big enough.

[MOREBASS]

they have a lot of PPV's. Consistency is what they have going for them with the occasional big event. They sell the product of UFC, which their faithful will always buy, whereas boxing sells individual fights/fighters.

Yeah, the one huge advantage that having all of the fighters under one roof is that they can make just about any fight happen whenever they please.

With all of the sanctioning bodies and different promotional companies in boxing, some of the fights that the fans would be willing to pay for don't always happen.

[Ravishing]

Yeah, the one huge advantage that having all of the fighters under one roof is that they can make just about any fight happen whenever they please.

With all of the sanctioning bodies and different promotional companies in boxing, some of the fights that the fans would be willing to pay for don't always happen.

Exactly,

That's one thing the UFC is good for, you'll ALWAYS see the top guys fight the top guys back to back. GSP since winning the WW belt fought about every top dude in the division from Matt Hughes to Thiago Alves (who was looked at as a big threat to GSP being younger and stronger). With Boxing, promoters get in the way of a lot of fights being made because of how the purse is being split and so forth, but obviously Boxing nuts won't comment on that ever.

I like both truthfully man, they provide a different form of entertainment for me.

[ИATAS]

Yeah, the one huge advantage that having all of the fighters under one roof is that they can make just about any fight happen whenever they please.

With all of the sanctioning bodies and different promotional companies in boxing, some of the fights that the fans would be willing to pay for don't always happen.

Yeah but I often wonder how long that will last for. I mean you already starting to see some of the problems that boxing has - too many PPV's, the best not always fighting the best (Fedor for example being w/different promotional company/etc.), fighters feeling their getting ripped off by their promoters, etc etc etc.

While UFC is dominate now, who's to say there wont be other big rival companies in the years to come. they will all compete and all have their own champs never or rarely fighting eachother (wait that already happens). Eventually, years and years down the road, it could end up being just like boxing!

[mrpain81]

UFC 100: 1.7 million
UFC 101: 1.05 million
UFC 102: 535,000
UFC 103: 400,000-600,000

Source: http://blog.thesavagescience.com/200...rate-estimates

estimates

The UFC is a privately owned company and does not have to release its pay-per-view sales, which it chooses not to do.

[Rabbit ♠]

Yeah but I often wonder how long that will last for. I mean you already starting to see some of the problems that boxing has - too many PPV's, the best not always fighting the best (Fedor for example being w/different promotional company/etc.), fighters feeling their getting ripped off by their promoters, etc etc etc.

While UFC is dominate now, who's to say there wont be other big rival companies in the years to come. they will all compete and all have their own champs never or rarely fighting eachother (wait that already happens). Eventually, years and years down the road, it could end up being just like boxing!

This is so true. With all these guys starting to make more, alot of them are getting spoiled (or will be). I read earlier that Randy Couture is fighting Brandon Vera because "former" UFC champion Rashad Evans refused to fight him because "he had nothing to gain". If that doesn't sound like boxing politics idk what does. I'm sure Couture and Evans would have been a bigger draw than Couture v Vera but instead UFC is forced to put on another ****ty card. Money corrupts everything!

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

UFC 100: 1.7 million
UFC 101: 1.05 million
UFC 102: 535,000
UFC 103: 400,000-600,000

Source: http://blog.thesavagescience.com/200...rate-estimates

102 was a damn shame because they really ****ed it with advertising.

This is so true. With all these guys starting to make more, alot of them are getting spoiled (or will be). I read earlier that Randy Couture is fighting Brandon Vera because "former" UFC champion Rashad Evans refused to fight him because "he had nothing to gain". If that doesn't sound like boxing politics idk what does. I'm sure Couture and Evans would have been a bigger draw than Couture v Vera but instead UFC is forced to put on another ****ty card. Money corrupts everything!

Sauce?