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Brock Lesnar's Illness Puts UFC PPV Growth in Jeopardy
The UFC has seen growth in annual pay-per-view buys every year since 2007. That trend is now in jeopardy following Brock Lesnar's decision to pull out of his fight with Junior dos Santos at UFC 131 with a second bout with diverticulitis, in addition to current injuries to champions Frankie Edgar,...
UFC 117 estimates are hovering around 600,000 buys
According to Bryan Alvarez in Figure Four Weekly via The Underground, current estimates put UFC 117's PPV buys in the 600,000 range. This was where most higher-end guesses were in the days before the fight (based on the theoretical maximum business of an Anderson Silva fight), but it's mildly...
Putting TNA's epic fail in perspective
As has been discussed here recently, TNA's last few PPVs have drawn around 8,000 buys each, which is beyond pathetic and even lower than what the early pre-taped ROH PPVs drew. It gets worse. In the newest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer analyzed the Boston Globe story about Dana White....
Just how badly is UFC affecting WWE's PPV business in the US?
The newest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter goes over the latest WWE quarterly report. In Dave Meltzer's analysis, he came to an interesting conclusion from the available data: WWE PPVs do 10% less than they "should" if they take place the night after a UFC PPV, and "even show some...
How will UFC 113 do on PPV with Lyoto Machida vs Mauricio "Shogun" Rua II compared to other famous rematches?
With some of UFC's most successful events in the past having been headlined by rematches, we thought it would be a good idea to take a look at how some of these past events have done in terms of PPV buys. Tito Ortiz vs Ken Shamrock: They first met at UFC 40 on 11/22/02. With a strong grudge and an...
2008 UFC At A Glance And Upcoming Mega-Fights
One has to admit that the year of 2008 has been very good to the UFC. Amid all the chaos of EliteXC debuting on CBS, Affliction signing former UFC champions and Fedor, and the resignation of Randy Couture the UFC has prospered. So much in fact that they are poised to surpass their PPV #'s from...
Report: UFC 92 Broke MMA Buyrate Record
In what can only be considered incredible news if it is true, Dana White said today that UFC 92 crushed the Lesnar-Couture buyrate: "I don't want to get into numbers too much—that's our policy. But it crushed it. I'll say this: The Christmas show crushed the Lesnar fight by...
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