LAS VEGAS – Saturday’s “UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz” event drew a reported
10,313 attendees and generated a live gate of $3.9 million.
UFC president Dana White revealed the figures at the evening’s post-event press conference, which MMAjunkie.com attended.
Featuring a welterweight contest between former Strikeforce champ Nick
Diaz and former UFC titleholder B.J. Penn, UFC 137 marked the company’s
first event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas since this
past February’s UFC 126 contest.