Will GSP vs. Shields break the top 10 PPV list?
UFC 129 is an extraordinary success, famously selling a record 55,000 seats with a record $10,000,000+ gate. Will the live…
UFC 129 is an extraordinary success, famously selling a record 55,000 seats with a record $10,000,000+ gate. Will the live gate be matched by record PPV numbers as well?
Anything less then a 700,000 PPV buy rate would probably make UFC 129 a disapointment. Anything better than 800,000 would probably be considered decent. And anything over one million would be a dream scenario, and put it in the elite company below.
Top 10 UFC PPV events of all time
10. UFC 101:
Buyrate 850,000
Anderson Silva moves him up to 205 vs fan favorite in Forrest Griffin. Plus a title fight between B.J. Penn and Kenny Florian.
9. UFC 111:
Buyrate 850,000
GSP vs. Dan Hardy.
8. UFC 94:
Buyrate 920,000
GSP vs. Penn, the rematch.
7. UFC 92:
Buyrate: 1,000,000
Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans title fight.
Frank Mir vs. Big Nog interim title fight.
Rampage Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva.
6. UFC 91:
Buyrate 1,010,000
Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar.
5. UFC 121:
Buyrate 1,050,000
Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez.
4. UFC 66:
Buyrate 1,050,000
Chuck vs. Tito, the rematch.
3. UFC 114
Buyrate 1,050,000
Rampage vs. Rashad.
2. UFC 116:
Buyrate 1,160,000
Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin.
1. UFC 100: 1,600,000
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir.
GSP vs. Thiago Alves.
Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping.
As an aside, it cannot escape notice that with just seven fights, Brock Lesnar has four in the top 10 PPVs of all time.