What will be the highest selling UFC PPV this year?

I guess 147 was so bad they are trying to keep it as secret as possible. If you search it all you will find is people trying to find out. Some people are even trying to say it didn't even reach 100K, which I can't imagine would be true. I can see under 200K, but not 100.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/29608/ufc-148-ratings-fx-prelims-draw-all-time-best-1-8-million-viewers.mma
Well that is a good sign for the PPV #s

1.8 million caught a Ho hum prelim.

GDPofDRC wrote:

1.8 million caught a Ho hum prelim.

Very true.

GDPofDRC wrote:

1.8 million caught a Ho hum prelim.

UFC 147 was better in pretty much every way. And about 1 million less people ordered the PPV, maybe more.

did they ever release the PPV buys for 147?

killerofchicken wrote:

did they ever release the PPV buys for 147?

No it's like top secret. Which has led to rumors that it was bad bad bad. Even rumors of it under 100K, but I seriously doubt that. Conspiracy theory is they will release the epic failure at the same time as the epic win(148) to try to sweep it under the rug.

Probably the lowest UFC PPV of all time.

Guess who bought it.

I did!

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In other news, it's being reported by Meltzer that the UFC 147 buyrate was somewhere between 175,000 and 200,000 buys. Which makes sense given the weakness (in terms of "big fights") of the card.

About what I figured.

Some of the numbers weren't quite as high as originally expected.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/8/2/3215661/ufc-147-ufc-148--ufc-149-pay-per-view-buyrates-ppv-mma-news

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UFC 147 looks to have done closer to 140,000 buys, which would be the lowest of any PPV since 2005. That’s the Wanderlei Silva vs. Rich Franklin show from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. UFC 148 was more than 900,000 but latest estimates have it short of 1 million. We don’t have an update on UFC 149, but the first number we heard was 235,000.

Well they aren't giving Hendo-Bones any help, there isn't another selling name on the card. But I guess 145 was similar. But I'm not feeling as good as I was bout this PPV. Isn't that the same day that college football kicks off?

I think there is almost no chance UFC 152 is the most bought PPV of the year. I have failed enormously.

I plan on persuading people to stream it.

GDPofDRC wrote:

I think there is almost no chance UFC 152 is the most bought PPV of the year. I have failed enormously.

I plan on persuading people to stream it.

Well Hendo-Jones had no chance having the most. The undercard was just so damn weak. Which is just confirmed by the cancellation. That card offered nadda.

I wonder how well this weekend's card will do? Going up against college football hurts but I think it does decent numbers compared to other cards this year.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/11/28/3703616/ufc-154-pulls-estimated-700000-ppv-buys-for-georges-st-pierres-return

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Preliminary estimates for UFC 154 were 680,000 to 700,000 buys, with huge numbers in Canada, really strong in places like Saskatoon and Edmonton. It's in line or just below the Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans numbers from earlier this year, so probably third for the year overall. It's lower than what GSP has been doing the last few years, but overall business is down from 2010 and Carlos Condit isn't in the league with Dan Hardy and Josh Koscheck when it came to building a grudge and marketing a fight, not that he did badly. Plus, the pub wasn't there. With Hardy, his Countdown shows on Spike were a lot bigger deal. With Koscheck, you had the entire season of TUF building the fight.

Good number

Even though I enjoyed the fight it still amazes me at how much of a draw GSP is.

I think the end of the year card will come in 4th for the year.

OU wrote:

I think the end of the year card will come in 4th for the year.

I'll put a # to it and say 155 does 450-520K.

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This is all per Dave Meltzer:

2007: 10 shows, 4,660,000 buys, average of 466,000
2008: 13 shows, 6,885,000 buys, average of 530,000
2009: 13 shows, 7,755,000 buys, average of 595,000
2010: 15 shows, 8,970,000 buys, average of 598,000
2011: 15 shows, 5,950,000 buys, average of 397,000
2012: 13 shows, 6,025,000 buys, average of 463,000

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Yahoo Sports writer Kevin Iole was asked on Facebook what the buyrate was for the show, and he responded with this nugget of information:

"A bit under 1.1 million."

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/3/27/4152972/ufc-158-ppv-buy-number-gsp-diaz

OU wrote:

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Yahoo Sports writer Kevin Iole was asked on Facebook what the buyrate was for the show, and he responded with this nugget of information:

"A bit under 1.1 million."

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/3/27/4152972/ufc-158-ppv-buy-number-gsp-diaz