Yeah because title fights are very rarely put on free TV. The only time it happens is when two guys who are not PPV draws are fighting, like Mighty Mouse/Reis and TJ/Barao. The first FOX show is an obvious exception, as the UFC really wanted to impress their new crowd by putting Cain vs JDS I on it.Didn't Dillashaw vs Barao 2 do 3.8 million on FOX?
''Saturday's night's UFC on FOX show, powered by a strong last two fights, was the highest rated of the UFC's four annual summer specials on the network.
The full two-and-half-hour show did a 1.7 rating and 2,756,000 viewers, peaking with a 2.4 rating and 3.8 million viewers for the T.J. Dillashaw title defense against Renan Barao. The three prior July shows on FOX did either a 1.4 or 1.5 rating, and between 2.38 and 2.5 million viewers. The main event would have also been the most watched UFC fight of those four shows.''
UFC 226 did 80k more buys than 227 dude....I've been trying to tell people, the real premier divisions in MMA are the lower weight classes.
DC vs Stipe had more hype and more promotion and drew less lmao
227 was on the strength of TJ vs Cody and Henry Cuedjo
Good numbers compared to the current landscape
With way more hype and more promotion, it only did 80k more lmaoYeah because title fights are very rarely put on free TV. The only time it happens is when two guys who are not PPV draws are fighting, like Mighty Mouse/Reis and TJ/Barao. The first FOX show is an obvious exception, as the UFC really wanted to impress their new crowd by putting Cain vs JDS I on it.
UFC 226 did more buys than 227 dude....
Johnson vs Reis drew lowest overnight numbers in UFC on Fox history while TJ vs Barao did the highest.Yeah because title fights are very rarely put on free TV. The only time it happens is when two guys who are not PPV draws are fighting, like Mighty Mouse/Reis and TJ/Barao. The first FOX show is an obvious exception, as the UFC really wanted to impress their new crowd by putting Cain vs JDS I on it.
Meltzer said that UFC is hoping Jones gets 1 year suspension & have a fight ready for him to headline at MSG
Jon was innocent.
With way more hype and more promotion, it only did 80k more lmao
And that's as OF RIGHT NOW
Numbers to UFC 227 are still early estimates and will likely be higher once everything is totaled
Considering he has already been out for just over a year...
Yes, we know
That is why he could fit in November
What I mean is that Jones' team wouldn't be delaying the process if there was a possibility to just get one year.
The UFC actually did something right for once. They put 2 fighters who are draws on the comain of a gsp card, and boom they attracted more viewers the next time the 2 fought.
Shame they have NEVER bothered to try this with mighty mouse.
Jones is not even a top 5 draw. He only averages 500k a PPVThey had him on two Jones cards as a co-main