UFC PPV Buy amounts from UFC 33-100

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from skinnywussy on the OG:

"I was looking around and nobody has compiled a list of all the UFC ppv buyrates, so I put this together. Almost all of these are estimates, but I tried to use the most reliable sources when possible - ie. Meltzer or directly from Zuffa. Anything between UFC 10 and UFC 32 is usually considered to be about ~25K buys since they were only on limited PPV carriers during that time. The early UFCs peaked with 260K buys with UFC 5 and went downhill from there.

UFC 100 - 1,720,000 (Lesnar vs. Mir II)
UFC 99 - 360,000 (Franklin vs. W. Silva)
UFC 98 - 635,000 (Evans vs. Machida)
UFC 97 - 625,000 (A. Silva vs. Leites)
UFC 96 - 350,000 (Jackson vs. Jardine)
UFC 95 - free TV (Sanchez vs. Stenveson)
UFC 94 - 800,000 (St. Pierre vs. Penn)
UFC 93 - 320,000 (Henderson vs. Franklin)
UFC 92 - 1,200,000 (Griffin vs. Evans)
UFC 91 - 1,010,000 (Couture vs. Lesnar)
UFC 90 - 300,000 (A. Silva vs. Cote)
UFC 89 - free TV (Bisping vs. Leben)
UFC 88 - 640,000 (Liddell vs. Evans)
UFC 87 - 625,000 (Lesnar vs. Herring)
UFC 86 - 520,000 (Jackson vs. Griffin)
UFC 85 - 225,000 (Hughes vs. Alves)
UFC 84 - 475,000 (Penn vs. Sherk)
UFC 83 - 525,000 (St. Pierre vs. Serra II)
UFC 82 - 325,000 (Silva vs. Henderson)
UFC 81 - 650,000 (Lesnar vs. Mir)
UFC 80 - 225,000 (Penn vs. Stevenson)
UFC 79 - 600,000 (Liddell vs. W. Silva)
UFC 78 - 400,000 (Bisping vs. Evans)
UFC 77 - 325,000 (A. Silva vs. Franklin II)
UFC 76 - 450,000 (Liddell vs. Jardine)
UFC 75 - free TV (Jackson vs. Henderson)
UFC 74 - 520,000 (Couture vs. Gonzaga)
UFC 73 - 425,000 (Ortiz vs. Evans)
UFC 72 - 200,000 (Franklin vs. Okami)
UFC 71 - 675,000 (Liddell vs. Jackson)
UFC 70 - free TV (Crocop vs. Gonzaga)
UFC 69 - 400,000 (St. Pierre vs. Serra)
UFC 68 - 540,000 (Sylvia vs. Couture)
UFC 67 - 350,000 (A. Silva vs. Lutter)
UFC 66 - 1,050,000 (Liddell vs. Tito II)
UFC 65 - 500,000 (Hughes vs. St. Pierre)
UFC 64 - 300,000 (Franklin vs. A. Silva)
UFC 63 - 700,000 (Hughes vs Penn II)
UFC 62 - 500,000 (Liddell vs Sobral)
UFC 61 - 775,000 (Ortiz vs Shamrock II)
UFC 60 - 615,000 (Hughes vs Gracie)
UFC 59 - 415,000 (Tito vs. Griffin)
UFC 58 - 290,000 (Franklin vs Loiseau)
UFC 57 - 400,000 (Couture vs Liddell III)
UFC 56 - 200,000 (Franklin vs. Quarry)
UFC 55 - 125,000 (Arlovski vs. Buentello)
UFC 54 - 150,000 (Liddell vs. Horn)
UFC 53 - 90,000 (Arlovski vs. Eilers)
UFC 52 - 280,000 (Couture vs Liddell II)
UFC 51 - 105,000 (Ortiz vs. Belfort)
UFC 50 - 40,000 (Ortiz vs. Cote)
UFC 49 - 80,000 (Couture vs. Belfort III)
UFC 48 - 110,000 (Shamrock vs. Kimo)
UFC 47 - 104,000 (Ortiz vs. Liddell)
UFC 46 - 77,000 (Couture vs. Belfort II)
UFC 45 - 40,000 (Hughes vs. Trigg)
UFC 44 - 94,000 (Couture vs. Ortiz)
UFC 43 - 49,000 (Couture vs. Liddell)
UFC 42 - 35,000 (Hughes vs. Sherk)
UFC 41 - 60,000 (Rodriguez vs. Sylvia)
UFC 40 - 150,000 (Ortiz vs Shamrock)
UFC 39 - 45,000 (Rodriguez vs. Couture)
UFC 38 - 45,000 (Hughes vs. Newton)
UFC 37 - 50,000 (Lindland vs. Bustamante)
UFC 36 - 55,000 (Barnett vs. Couture)
UFC 35 - 35,000 (Penn vs. Pulver)
UFC 34 - 60,000 (Couture vs. Rizzo)
UFC 33 - 75,000 (Ortiz vs. Matyushenko)

UFC 5 - 260,000 (Gracie vs Shamrock)

UFC 1 - 86,000 (Tournament)

credit: www.upstandingcitizens.com"

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Ortiz sure can sell an event! Liddell was SO popular he drew like crazy, but Tito could sell a fight as awful as himself vs. Rashad. It's kind of sad that one of the highest grossing PPVs ever was Rashad vs Griffin. Talk about to middle of the road gatekeepers. Proof that the TUF fans really do help the sport. Proof might be a strong word....strong correlation?

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You can't say the same about Rich Franklin. His fights look like they were consistently toward the lower end. Also UFC 92 wasn't just about Griffin vs. Evans, it had Noguiera vs. Mir for the title, and Rampage vs. Wanderlei. And I'll admit Griffin isn't all that great and is probably a good example of a gatekeeper, but Rashad is legit.

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Yeah, Liddel and Tito sure were money makers for Dana. First time they hit a million was UFC 66 when they fought, and they didnt even come close to that number again until UFC 91! Crazy!

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Love him or hate him but Lesnar is a money machine.

Anderson Silva events don't look that popular up until the Leites fight and he sure didn't sell himself too good in that fight.

I wonder what 100 to now look like?

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i guess you are saying it right financial help programs

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