Aldo vs. Faber: gate and attendance

Dana White announced that the WEC’s debut on PPV broke the organization’s best marks for attendance and live gate receipts when it brought Aldo vs. Faber to Sacramento, California on Saturday, April 24th. The show drew 14, 144 people to the ARCO Arena and generated a live gate of over $1 million.

Payout Perspective:

No surprise that this event shattered attendance and gate records for the organization. Zuffa put a ton of marketing muscle behind this fight and Reed Harris had been reporting for weeks that the show was selling very well. Greg Saks at Tapology reported that the google trending patterns for the main event fighters was also remarkably high.

Now, we’ll all just have to sit tight and wait for this PPV number…

Here’s a list of the WEC’s top five in both gates and attendance (courtesy of our Blue Book):

Attendance

1. WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber (14,144)

2. WEC 41: Faber vs. Brown II (13,027)

3. WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver (12,682 )

4. WEC 38: Faber vs. Pulver II (10,201)

5. WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson (10,207)

Gate

1. WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber ($1,000,000+)

2. WEC 41: Faber vs. Brown II ($815,000)

3. WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver ($739,000)

4. WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown ($564,000)

5. WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson ($550,000)

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