The PPV buys for 2018

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ESTIMATED NORTH AMERICAN PPV BUYS

2,400,000* - 10/6 UFC 229 Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
1,100,000 - 9/15 HBO Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin
784,000** - 8/25 YouTube KSI v. Logan Paul
700,000 - 12/29 UFC 232 Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson
380,000 - 7/7 UFC 226 Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic
350,000 - 4/7 UFC 223 Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta
350,000 - 1/20 UFC 220 Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou
325,000 - 12/1 Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder
300,000 - 8/4 UFC 227 T.J. Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt
260,000 - 3/3 UFC 222 Cris Cyborg vs. Yana Kunitskaya
250,000 - 6/9 UFC 225 Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero
250,000 - 11/3 UFC 230 Daniel Cormier vs. Derrick Lewis
250,000 - 12/8 UFC 231 Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega
130,000 - 9/8 UFC 228 Tyron Woodley vs. Darren Till
85,000 - 5/12 UFC 224 Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington
55,000 - 9/1 All In Young Bucks & Kota Ibushi vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Fenix & Bandido
43,000 - 11/24 Golden Boy Promotions Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz

*Largest number for a non-boxing event in PPV history
**Largest number for a streaming event in history

@Myrddin Wild - these are from Dave. I know you like to keep records.
 
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Thanks Frankie, good post.

43,000 for Golden Boy. Ouch.
 
Thanks for posting.

I think it's crazy that DC vs Stipe can't even hit 400k. I'd like to think that fight drew much more (casual) viewers than that.
But that may be more due to the fact that PPV is a shitty and outdated model and most people resort to pirating cards these days, especially if they're not super-stacked like UFC 229.

Edit: UFC 224 is just hilarious.
 
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Ouch, UFC 228 really did get bad numbers.
 
Ouch, UFC 228 really did get bad numbers.

That sounds racist to me.

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Conor McGregor, Logan Paul, and Jon Jones run the fight business.
 
Pretty crazy that Jon Jones managed to do these numbers despite the Sherdog boycott

{<jordan}
 
Maybe they really do need a fight between Logan Paul and CM Punk.

It makes sense why they were pushing so hard to get JJ's reinstated for Gus vs JJ. Outside of Mcgregor there really aren't any big PPV pushers.

Edit: Also UFC 223 is listed as Khabib vs Tony. Shouldn't it be Khabib vs. Iaquinta?
 
Pretty crazy that Jon Jones managed to do these numbers despite the Sherdog boycott

{<jordan}
Also add the fact that Jon’s one PPV outsold two of DC’s PPVs combined

So much for the narrative that Jon needs DC to be a draw. Seems to be the opposite.
 
Maybe they really do need a fight between Logan Paul and CM Punk.

It makes sense why they were pushing so hard to get JJ's reinstated for Gus vs JJ. Outside of Mcgregor there really aren't any big PPV pushers.

Edit: Also UFC 223 is listed as Khabib vs Tony. Shouldn't it be Khabib vs. Iaquinta?


Good catch on edit (changing it now)

Remember Logan PPV was $10 only
 
It's no wonder Conor can do no wrong and Dana hates Tyron...Conor almost did as many as the rest combined.

Also strange how many are right in that 300k range...I wonder if it's just bars actually ordering ppvs at this point.
 
Woodley did better than KSI/Paul when you consider the cost of each buy
 
Also strange how many are right in that 300k range...I wonder if it's just bars actually ordering ppvs at this point.

Those don't figure into the count
They are also a lot less than you would think (as far as volume goes)
 
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Cris Cyborg vs. Yana Kunitskaya sold 2x time more PPV than T-Wood only PPV.
 
* I realized 224 was left off. I added the last known number from Meltzer & included it
It did so bad that Dave forgot it happened lol
 
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