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The UFC Dominated Pay Per View in 2009
Dave Meltzer reports the numbers: 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. Box...
Meltzer: UFC 108 Ratings "The Lowest in Several Years"
From Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscription required): The total attendance for UFC 108 was a heavily papered 12,377 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The place wasn’t sold...
Taking the Stand: Defending the Ten-Point Must System
Dave Meltzer lays his solution to the ten-point must system "problem": I’ve previously advocated a system that is basically identical to the one Nelson "Doc" Hamilton suggested earlier this yea...
Did the WEC Postpone WEC 43 Because of Versus' Dispute With DirecTV?
Dave Meltzer is suspicious: Dave Meltzer: "I think that what happened is is that they that they don’t want to do that show on September 2nd if DirecTV pulls them on September 1st. So, they&rsqu...
On the Road to UFC 100, Looking Back at UFC 2
Dave Meltzer is doing a UFC retrospective of sorts as UFC 100 approaches (even though it is not the centennial show for the organization). In this edition, Meltzer explains what UFC 2 did differen...
Dana White says something smart about 'The Rant'
Quoteworthy, from ESPN "... You know what? The thing that sucks is that video rant, the feedback I got was not negative," White said. "It was overwhelmingly positive from our fans. It was...
On Submissions, Part II (Dave Meltzer Edition)
In his piece about the growing concern over MMA refereeing, Dave Meltzer slipped this paragraph in: Fighters often feel pressure trying to please the live crowd, wanting to be perceived as having q...
Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva Is an Interesting Bout for a Different Reason
Unlike the headline fight between Georges St. Pierre and B.J. Penn, Silva vs. Machida isn't expected to be a clash for the ages. But there is intrigue. Is Silva the man to figure out...
Dave Meltzer, Steve Cantwell's Armbar and Destroying My Call Screener on MMA Nation
For those that missed this past weekend's MMA Nation, I encourage you to at least catch up on the better parts of the show: Dave Meltzer comes on board to do some number crunching on UFC PPVs and d...
The UFC's Aging Audience
Throughout the second half of 2008, observers of UFC television ratings have noticed a change in the composition of the audience. The audience is getting older, and the ratings breakdown of Ul...
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