UFC PPV Data
Early estimates of UFC 124's pay-per-view buyrate have rolled in recently, and the results are very encouraging for the Zuffa's coffers. It appears that anywhere between 735000 and 875000 people plunked down their $49.99 (or more for HD) for the event, making it the fifth highest selling UFC PPV of the year. Considering Stefan Struve vs Sean McCorkle was your co-main event, that is a very good selling PPV. Perhaps I should repeat myself so that what I just typed sinks in: STEFAN STRUVE VS SEAN MCCORKLE WAS THE CO-MAIN EVENT!!!
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The estimated pay-per-view buyrate number for UFC 123 have recently been revealed, and the numbers have to be considered a tad bit disappointing for the UFC. The Lyoto Machida-Rampage Jackson, BJ Penn-Matt Hughes headlined event did in the neighbourhood of 500000 buys, which is a decent number but not great.
Which UFC fighter is most responsible for making Zuffa a billion dollar company? We've got the answer. More precisely, we've crunched all the numbers and have come up with the ten fighters who have sold the most pay-per-views in the company's history. What you end up with is, not surprisingly, a list that skews heavily to fighters still currently competiting in the organization. Considering that in the dark days of the sport (about 1997-2001) when the UFC was getting banned left and right, the average UFC PPV was only getting 25000 buys, it is not surprising at all the current batch of gladiators, who not uncommonly will push a PPV over the 1 million buy mark, come out on top of the list. The top selling fighter not currently in the UFC is former heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia, who ranks 15th overall.
Here's Part Two of the all-time UFC PPV buyrate data that I've been playing around with. In Part One I broke down the top ten UFC draws of all-time. In Part Two I list the top ten fighters based on average buyrate per PPV. Enjoy! (Hint: the picture above is more than just eye candy, honest!)
