The top 5 UFC live gates
- UFC 66 (Liddell vs. Ortiz II): $5,397,300 gate (12,191 attendance)
- UFC 83 (St. Pierre vs. Serra II): $5,100,000 gate (21,390 attendance)
- UFC 100 (Lesnar vs. Mir II): $5,100,000 gate (11,000)*
- UFC 79 (St. Pierre vs. Hughes): $4,994,050 gate (9,704 attendance)
- UFC 91 (Couture vs. Lesnar): $4,815,675 gate (13,224 attendance)
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All except 83 which was Montreal.
Due to Cheick Kongo's atrocious takedown defense....
Walla walla walla, I’m an idiot
Some people might say that winning a fight makes you a better fighter but I don’t agree with that.- BlueberryMuffin
by ufc4 on Jul 12, 2009 5:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Pretty amazing, really.
The only one to beat it is the sequel to a fight between arguable the two most identifiable personalities the UFC has ever had.
GSP vs. Serra II is also easy to understand, since it was in Canada.
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
Yeah but I’ll bet if you factor in $ of scalped tickets ufc 100 probably on top
by kanodogg on Jul 12, 2009 3:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
A HUGE thank you to Achengy
A bit off topic, but had to say it somewhere.
On topic: I’m surprised this didn’t do better, considering the stacked card and publicity. I thought this would be #1 easily.
Two words:
Federal Bailout. j/k
Basically though, I’d say it’s because of the economy in general. If conditions were the same as Tito/Chuck II, then I’d say it would have pretty easily smashed the record.
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
I have a feeling
seating capacity played a big part in limiting the official gate of UFC 100. UFC could have probably tacked on an extra $10 a ticket and no one in that crowd would have blanched. Or, conversely, held it at a facility that could hold 18K, and made more money on more tickets.
"We're not the other teams' farm system." - Andy MacPhail
Exactly, Mandalay Bay is the smallest place they frequent, if it was at MGM it probably would have topped $6 mil.
Due to Cheick Kongo's atrocious takedown defense....
Walla walla walla, I’m an idiot
Some people might say that winning a fight makes you a better fighter but I don’t agree with that.- BlueberryMuffin
by ufc4 on Jul 12, 2009 5:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Dana White said something about trying to keep live audiences to about that number, that to go high starts to dilute “the UFC experience” and he just doesn’t want to do that.
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
And he wants guaranteed sellouts
the LAST thing Dana wanted for UFC 100 was to have to paper the crowd to avoid empty chairs.
"We're not the other teams' farm system." - Andy MacPhail
Yeah, that PRIDE purchase was a total failure considering Wandy and Hendo were on both and Frank got over by beating Nog.
How's the weather up your own ass? - Stephen Colbert
by Derek Suboticki on Jul 13, 2009 3:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Crazy.
Brock Lesnar has four fights in the UFC and two of them are already among the top five all-time. Having that in the organization is like a license to print money.
If managed properly
Let him keep pissing on sponsors or if he gets himself DQ’d out of a fight for something stupid… all of a sudden Lesnar isn’t as valuable.
But what little I’ve watched of UFC in the past year, it seems to me Dana White knows what he’s doing.
"We're not the other teams' farm system." - Andy MacPhail
Believe me, if Bud Light bailed out, Harley Davidson would up their payout and be the main sponsor. Thank god it’s Harley Davidson, because Brock would shit all over Honda. hahaha
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Jul 13, 2009 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions
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