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16.2 Highest Pay-Per-View buys for a non ... 16.4 Biggest gates. 17 See also. 18 ... First-ever Submissions executed in UFC history. Submission Fighter ...
The event was attended by a crowd of 91,107, the largest attendance in the history of mixed martial arts. The following is a list of mixed martial arts attendance records. The highest number of events on the list have been promoted by the Pride Fighting Championships (PRIDE), the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company in Japan until ...
November 12, 2016 - UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor is the first UFC event held in NYC. Breaks MSG gate record and Conor McGregor becomes the first fighter in UFC history to hold two world titles in different weight classes simultaneously by defeating Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title.
The event generated $21,829,245 in ticket receipts, which broke the record for the biggest gate in UFC history surpassing UFC 205 (which previously held the record with a gate of $17,700,000). [24] UFC 306 also now holds highest-grossing records for the following: sales for VIP experiences, merchandise sales at a UFC event, single event ticket ...
The UFC — which had its third-highest gate at $16.5 million — awarded Holloway a $600,000 bonus for his performance. Even though Holloway (26-7) was well on his way to a victory by decision ...
McGregor's fight purse was the highest in history, breaking Brock Lesnar's record from UFC 200 by $500,000. [23] Also, this event estimates doing 1.65 million buys on pay-per-view, putting it slightly ahead of the previous record (1.6 million) from UFC 100, which featured the second bout between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir. [3]
The event was the UFC's first show at MGM Grand Arena since UFC 56, and was nearly sold-out, producing the highest live gate revenue in North American mixed martial arts history, [1] extending the previous record at UFC 57 by over $2,000,000 . At the time, it was estimated to be the UFC's biggest pay-per-view success with just over 1 million buys.
Prior to the event, UFC president Dana White announced that the event had set new records for the highest grossing arena gate in UFC history and Canada. [ 16 ] During the event's broadcast, former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar was announced as the next "modern wing" UFC Hall of Fame inductee during June's International Fight Week ...