LAS VEGAS – Saturday’s “UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort” event drew a
reported 10,893 attendees and generated a live gate of $3.6 million.
UFC president Dana White revealed the figures at the evening’s
post-event press conference, which MMAjunkie.com attended.
Featuring a middleweight title fight between top pound-for-pound fighter
Anderson Silva and hard-hitting challenger Vitor Belfort, UFC 126
marked the company’s first event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in
Las Vegas since February 2010.