Correlation Between PPV Buyrate and UFC YouTube Weigh-In Views

[One MMA Fan]

I don't think it reaches 1 mill buys.

Closer to 650-750k is my bet.

 

[OrigFan255]

Wow, you can really see why UFC loves Conor.

Conor is a youtube star ?

 

[Tramero]

800k buys I think

 

[shonuf]

Wow, you can really see why UFC loves Conor.

They buy a ton of fight pass subscriptions as well.

 

[andmcq]

I did that once... don't know why, it was shit (fight pass).

Half the fucking fights I tried to watch "not available in your Country". Are you fucking kidding!!!!!!!

 

[UJustGotChaeld]

As we debate on how well UFC 207 will do regarding PPV buy rates, I decided to compile some data. Since UFC 193, there is some correlation between views of the televised weigh-ins on the UFC YouTube channel and PPV buy rates. I am sure a person smarter than me could conduct a sophisticated analysis of the data, but here it is:


UFC 193: Rousey vs Holm- 1,100,000 PPV buy rate (YouTube weigh-in views: 1,105,320)

UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor- 1,025,000 (1,453,655 views)

UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit- 300,000 (386,621 views)

UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz- 1,600,000 (1,837,299 views)

UFC 197: Jones vs St. Preux- 425,000 (477,722 views)

UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic- 350,000 (304,988 views)

UFC 199: Rockhold vs Bisping 2- 320,000 (515,047 views)

UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes- 1,200,000 (1,347,647 views)

UFC 201: Lawler vs Woodley- 240,000 (326,467 views)

UFC 202: McGregor vs Diaz 2- 1,650,000 (1,898,602 views)

UFC 203: Miocic vs Overeem- 475,000 (652,528 views)

UFC 204: Bisping vs Henderson 2- 290,000 (412,316 views)

UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor- 1,300,000 (2,232,653 views)

UFC 206: Holloway vs Pettis-150,000 estimate (322,437 views)

UFC 207: Nunes vs Rousey- TBD (1,012,101 views [22 hours after post])

[Note 1: The YouTube views of weigh-ins prior to UFC 206 have more views than they did prior to the start of their respective cards since people can continue to view the video after each event.]

[Note 2: Data from Tapology, MMAPayout.com and media reports.]

I predict the UFC 207 weigh-in will have at least 1.3-1.5 million view prior to the start of the main card. What this rough view of data shows us is that UFC 207 is trending for a 1 million+ PPV buy rate. We will see.

Based on that I expect anywhere from 800k to 2 mil PPV.

 

[robjenkins2]

It's hard to predict her ppvs because so much of her interest and buys come from outside the mma bubble that we live in.

 

[Son Peyote]

UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor- 1,300,000 (2,232,653 views)

 

[GilErick]

As we debate on how well UFC 207 will do regarding PPV buy rates, I decided to compile some data. Since UFC 193, there is some correlation between views of the televised weigh-ins on the UFC YouTube channel and PPV buy rates. I am sure a person smarter than me could conduct a sophisticated analysis of the data, but here it is:


UFC 193: Rousey vs Holm- 1,100,000 PPV buy rate (YouTube weigh-in views: 1,105,320)

UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor- 1,025,000 (1,453,655 views)

UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit- 300,000 (386,621 views)

UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz- 1,600,000 (1,837,299 views)

UFC 197: Jones vs St. Preux- 425,000 (477,722 views)

UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic- 350,000 (304,988 views)

UFC 199: Rockhold vs Bisping 2- 320,000 (515,047 views)

UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes- 1,200,000 (1,347,647 views)

UFC 201: Lawler vs Woodley- 240,000 (326,467 views)

UFC 202: McGregor vs Diaz 2- 1,650,000 (1,898,602 views)

UFC 203: Miocic vs Overeem- 475,000 (652,528 views)

UFC 204: Bisping vs Henderson 2- 290,000 (412,316 views)

UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor- 1,300,000 (2,232,653 views)

UFC 206: Holloway vs Pettis-150,000 estimate (322,437 views)

UFC 207: Nunes vs Rousey- TBD (1,012,101 views [22 hours after post])

[Note 1: The YouTube views of weigh-ins prior to UFC 206 have more views than they did prior to the start of their respective cards since people can continue to view the video after each event.]

[Note 2: Data from Tapology, MMAPayout.com and media reports.]

I predict the UFC 207 weigh-in will have at least 1.3-1.5 million view prior to the start of the main card. What this rough view of data shows us is that UFC 207 is trending for a 1 million+ PPV buy rate. We will see.

You just did what guy melzer has been doing for during the past 5 and he got a lot of respect and credit for that

 

[Pitier of Fools]

No way of knowing how many people watched the weigh in just to see if Ronda would have a meltdown like she did in the weigh in against Holly.