do you know why Dana White is so nice to boxing these days

[Left Banned Tua]

you sure about that buddy or are you blindly following some random website? did you forget already that pacquaio vs Hatton did 850,000ppv buys, according to my maths thats more than your number 5, therefore boxing has 3 of the top 5 not the other way around and its going to get even worse by the end of this year when the top5 consists of Mayweather vs Pacquaio, Mayweather vs Mosley, Pacquaio vs CLottey(should do around 800,00ppv buys), Hatton vs Khan will most likely all be in the top5

everyone has a slightly different set of numbers.

i just posted the 1st one i saw.

here's another one. this one is from yahoo sports.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dm-ppvbiz021510&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Top 10 PPV buy rates, 2009


1. UFC 100: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, July 11, 1.6 million


2. Boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto, Nov. 14, 1.25 million


3. Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Sept. 19, 1.05 millon


4. UFC 94: Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn, Jan. 31, 920,000 buys


5. UFC 101: Penn vs. Kenny Florian/Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin, Aug. 8, 850,000


6. Boxing: Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton, May 2, 825,000


7t. UFC 107: Penn vs. Diego Sanchez, Dec. 12, 650,000


7t. UFC 97: Silva vs. Thales Leites/Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio Rua, April 18, 650,000


9. UFC 99: Lyoto Machida vs. Rashad Evans/Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra, May 23, 635,000


10. Wrestling: WWE WrestleMania 25, April 5, 582,000 buys

[Snopkins]

Schaefer questioned the legitimacy of UFC pay-per-view results that were leaked. He said HBO is a publicly traded company that would face serious repercussions for releasing false numbers. The UFC, he noted, is a private company with no such concerns.

“I think the UFC and boxing should be able to co-exist and work together in this thing that we call (combat) sports,” Schaefer said.

“I don’t want to talk (expletive) about the UFC. But Dana White can’t do an interview without knocking boxing. If he thinks we’re idiots and don’t know anything about the pay-per-view business, I’ll make him a challenge.

“I am willing to hire one of the top three accounting firms, at my expense, and do an audit of his pay-per-view results. They are nowhere near what is put into the public. There is talk that UFC 100 did 1.6 million, but it barely broke a million. I am willing to pay to have the audits done to prove this.”

White said he would not allow anyone other than fighters with a contractual right to do so to audit his numbers.

“Do you think I’m (expletive) crazy?” he said.

[Avenue]

good f.uck dana white

[BritishBoxing92]

Its because the UFC is going downhill fast and hes not in a position to talk smack now.The numbers from UFC 110 are in and there beyond bad.

In 2009 the UFC averaged 620,000 buys per ppv event. If we look at the percentage each event was above or below that average we can definitely see a downward trend from 100.
UFC 100 1,600,000 + 245%
UFC 101 850,000 + 29%
UFC 102 435,000 -30%
UFC 103 375,000 -40%
UFC 104 500,000 -20%
UFC 106 375,000 -40%
UFC 107 620,000 +/- 0
UFC 108 300,000 -51%
UFC 109 275,000 -55%
UFC 110 240,000 -62%
Average with title on line 820,000
Average with non-title main event 370,000

screw dana white and ufc..

[hateinyaeyes32]

Its because the UFC is going downhill fast and hes not in a position to talk smack now.The numbers from UFC 110 are in and there beyond bad.

In 2009 the UFC averaged 620,000 buys per ppv event. If we look at the percentage each event was above or below that average we can definitely see a downward trend from 100.
UFC 100 1,600,000 + 245%
UFC 101 850,000 + 29%
UFC 102 435,000 -30%
UFC 103 375,000 -40%
UFC 104 500,000 -20%
UFC 106 375,000 -40%
UFC 107 620,000 +/- 0
UFC 108 300,000 -51%
UFC 109 275,000 -55%
UFC 110 240,000 -62%
Average with title on line 820,000
Average with non-title main event 370,000

People were put off once they heard that the steroid demon superstar Brock Lesnar got hurt, and wont be back until summer. Im a fan of both mma and boxing, of course more Boxing, but I respect both sports. UFC to me im honestly losing interest man, and I didnt order the last one even though my favorite fighter Minotauro Nogueira was fighting, and im glad I didnt because id have been ashamed to see a legend of MMA get embarassed like he did against Cain Velasquez... Anyways thats besides the point, that Im pretty hyped up about James Toney vs ??? Whoever he fights, because I want to see how he does... But this is the UFC title match situations are... Lightweight Belt, BJ Penn (champ) vs Frankie Edgar... Who is Frankie Edgar? Ive never seen a fight from this guy not on ****e TV nor PPV, where did he come from? Welterweight, George St. Pierre(champ) vs Dan Hardy... A british red mohawk donning fighting who has not beat a real quality opponent yet in my opinion, and I can name a few other guys who should have been a shoe in for a title shot, Josh Koscheck and Paulo Thiago... Middleweight, Anderson Silve (of course champ) vs. Demian Maia, whos a decent fighter, but by all means I dont think he deserves a shot either, and hes replacing an injured Vitor Belfort, whos a legend of MMA but doesnt deserve a shot either for beating a shot Rich Franklin in Vitor's first UFC fight in years, now he's in title consideration? Bull****, in fact noone in MW deserves a title shot, the division is an embarrassment right now. Then there's the light heavyweight championship between Lyoto Machida and Shogun Rua, where the champ Machida spent the whole fight "counter striking" but his definition of countering was taking kicks to the legs all day and just trying to get away from the man who shouldve gotten the decision, but was robbed by the judges, and clearly was the winner of that fight... And the real Heavyweight champion is Brock Lesnar, but theyre having an "interim" title match between Frank Mir vs Shane Carwin, whos an 11-0 newcomer that atleast matches Lesnar on size, but he's only beaten Gabriel Gonzaga and thats the only notable name on his whole resume, if you wanna even call it notable. Frank Mir, whos already fought Lesnar twice, and if they meet again itll be Brocks 6th fight and 3rd time fighting Mir, lets see him against someone else already damn, this guy wont beat Brock he got dominated both times and got lucky the first time... So this is why the UFC is going downhill!

[adobostreak]

a lot of those PPV drops has to do with injuries... brock lesnar, vitor belfort, anderson silva, noguiera

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

Its because the UFC is going downhill fast and hes not in a position to talk smack now.The numbers from UFC 110 are in and there beyond bad.

In 2009 the UFC averaged 620,000 buys per ppv event. If we look at the percentage each event was above or below that average we can definitely see a downward trend from 100.
UFC 100 1,600,000 + 245%
UFC 101 850,000 + 29%
UFC 102 435,000 -30%
UFC 103 375,000 -40%
UFC 104 500,000 -20%
UFC 106 375,000 -40%
UFC 107 620,000 +/- 0
UFC 108 300,000 -51%
UFC 109 275,000 -55%
UFC 110 240,000 -62%
Average with title on line 820,000
Average with non-title main event 370,000

What does wanting to see Pac/Clottey have to do with these numbers?

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

Schaefer questioned the legitimacy of UFC pay-per-view results that were leaked. He said HBO is a publicly traded company that would face serious repercussions for releasing false numbers. The UFC, he noted, is a private company with no such concerns.

“I think the UFC and boxing should be able to co-exist and work together in this thing that we call (combat) sports,” Schaefer said.

“I don’t want to talk (expletive) about the UFC. But Dana White can’t do an interview without knocking boxing. If he thinks we’re idiots and don’t know anything about the pay-per-view business, I’ll make him a challenge.

“I am willing to hire one of the top three accounting firms, at my expense, and do an audit of his pay-per-view results. They are nowhere near what is put into the public. There is talk that UFC 100 did 1.6 million, but it barely broke a million. I am willing to pay to have the audits done to prove this.”

White said he would not allow anyone other than fighters with a contractual right to do so to audit his numbers.

“Do you think I’m (expletive) crazy?” he said.

Do you also denounce those who use the scientific systems of calculus and economics as people on the take as well?