UFC 100 PPV numbers at least 1.5 mil

dave meltzer is reporting this saying the numbers are somewhere around 1.5 to 1.65 million. which would put it in the all time top 5 ppv sales in the history of any sport/ppv.

UFC 100 PPV estimates may rattle the boxing world
July 16th, 2009 by Brandt DeLorenzo

Dave Meltzer over at F4WOnline had some interesting numbers for us in the MMA world. According to Meltzer, UFC 100 could easily break into the top five of all time pay per view buys for a U.S. fight event. Here’s his breakdown.

2,400,000 - 5/5/07 - Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

1,990,000 - 6/28/97 - Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield

1,600,000 - 11/9/96 - Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield

1,580,000 - 8/19/95 - Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeely

1,400,000 - 4/19/91 - Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman

1,400,000 - 3/16/96 - Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno

1,400,000 - 9/18/99 Oscar De La Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad
So, if the UFC 100 PPV numbers reach the early estimates of 1.5 to 1.65 million buys as Meltzer and others predict, Dana White and crew could bust into the elite and come in anywhere between #3 and #5. I expect a lot of backlash from the boxing world next week considering it took 8 years for Mayweather and De La Hoya to bring boxing PPV’s back to the top whereas MMA has seen a steady increase over the past few years

great news!

if brock-fedor ever happens i bet that takes over the #2 spot

Yeah boxing will be sure to call us a FAD again. Such haters its like that older brother that never got the things you got so he is all jealous. Its cool guys we are just family.

Lmao @ boxing with only 1 relevant PPV in the last 10 years.

I guess I should hold my tongue until MMA actually breaks into that elite group, but it seems like only a matter of time.

You're forgetting Mike Tyson- Lennox Lewis which got 1.95 mil buys in 2002

Don Frye vs that guy in your av should have garnered the best PPV numbers ever imo.

bobbitt15 wrote:

You're forgetting Mike Tyson- Lennox Lewis which got 1.95 mil buys in 2002

Those aren't my numbers those are the actualy North American numbers. Tyson/Lewis did somewhere around 1.9 million worldwide not North American. Those are the only numbers we're talking about otherwise Hatton/pac would have made the list.

Pretty sure Tyson-Lewis did 1.95 mil buys in the US. I remember HBO announcers talking about how it was #1 until it got passed by DLH-Mayweather

Not that wikipedia is the best site but its the first link I found
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennox_Lewis_vs._Mike_Tyson

Huge numers is right

Any idea when the actual numbers will be available?