Dana White Predicts UFC 182 to Generate 750,000 Pay-Per-View Buys

The MMA universe is in a tizzy over Saturday night’s UFC 182 light heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier, and UFC President Dana White is expecting that to translate into some huge numbers. Speaking at the UFC 182 media day, White estimated that the card would garner around around 750,000 buys. […]

The MMA universe is in a tizzy over Saturday night’s UFC 182 light heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier, and UFC President Dana White is expecting that to translate into some huge numbers. Speaking at the UFC 182 media day, White estimated that the card would garner around around 750,000 buys. […]

Data Bomb: Who Is the UFC’s Biggest Pay-Per-View Star?

We constantly hear discussion of Ronda Rousey or Jon Jones being the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view draw. But who really has the correct answer? With Brock Lesnar and Georges St-Pierre—easily the UFC’s highest-selling stars of the past decade—out of the spotlight, a void has been left for Rousey, Jones and others to step in and stake […]

We constantly hear discussion of Ronda Rousey or Jon Jones being the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view draw. But who really has the correct answer? With Brock Lesnar and Georges St-Pierre—easily the UFC’s highest-selling stars of the past decade—out of the spotlight, a void has been left for Rousey, Jones and others to step in and stake […]

Can Nick Diaz vs. Anderson Silva Pull the UFC out of Its Pay-Per-View Doldrums?

When we heard that the UFC was working to make Ronda Rousey-Gina Carano a reality, we should have known then that things were changing, perhaps by necessity. Since the beginning of 2014, the pay-per-view numbers that had been so kind to the UFC during the time of Georges St-Pierre and a healthy Anderson Silva have […]

When we heard that the UFC was working to make Ronda Rousey-Gina Carano a reality, we should have known then that things were changing, perhaps by necessity. Since the beginning of 2014, the pay-per-view numbers that had been so kind to the UFC during the time of Georges St-Pierre and a healthy Anderson Silva have […]

Eddie Alvarez: Bellator Planning New Pay-Per-View for Chandler Rubber Match

Big things might just be in store for Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez. Speaking with MMAFighting.com‘s Ariel Helwani, he let it slip that a second Bellator MMA pay-per-view event is in the works and that (he believes) he will be headlining it alongside rival Michael Chandler. When asked about the highly anticipated rubber match, Alvarez […]

Big things might just be in store for Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez. Speaking with MMAFighting.com‘s Ariel Helwani, he let it slip that a second Bellator MMA pay-per-view event is in the works and that (he believes) he will be headlining it alongside rival Michael Chandler. When asked about the highly anticipated rubber match, Alvarez […]

Bellator: Building on UFC Veterans, the Impending Pay-Per-View and More

Bjorn Rebney has made it clear in the past through interviews and statements; Bellator does not want to build their company on UFC veterans, and he doesn’t want to become a feeder system to the world’s largest promotion. This can somewhat be seen in the never-ending negotiations with Eddie Alvarez and their unwillingness to sign […]

Bjorn Rebney has made it clear in the past through interviews and statements; Bellator does not want to build their company on UFC veterans, and he doesn’t want to become a feeder system to the world’s largest promotion. This can somewhat be seen in the never-ending negotiations with Eddie Alvarez and their unwillingness to sign […]

Johnson vs. Moraga: Mighty Mouse Needs Dominant Win to Become Pay-Per-View Draw

Quick, name the only UFC champion that hasn’t headlined a pay-per-view.  If you said Demetrious Johnson, congratulations. The headline may have been a strong hint, but you got it.  It’s true. The promotion’s lightest champion has yet to be the main attraction for a pay-per-view—partially due to the fact that fighters from the smaller weight […]

Quick, name the only UFC champion that hasn’t headlined a pay-per-view.  If you said Demetrious Johnson, congratulations. The headline may have been a strong hint, but you got it.  It’s true. The promotion’s lightest champion has yet to be the main attraction for a pay-per-view—partially due to the fact that fighters from the smaller weight […]