UFC 227 early PPV estimate is 300k

[Rvd Slmr]

But if Jones gets a year, he is already back.
It is asinine for him to delay & miss more time

Yeah, that's because he is most likely not getting one year.

 

[blaseblah]

Meltzer said that UFC is hoping Jones gets 1 year suspension & have a fight ready for him to headline at MSG

No chance. He got 1 year for the first violation where he was actually able to provide a tainted product. This is the second violation and he wasn't able to come up with an excuse this time. If they don't throw the book at him USADA is blatantly corrupt and all this drug testing is a waste of time and money.

 

[ColombianFist]

that some good numbers, given the MM fight. That's smart in putting another interesting fight before any FLW fight.

uncle Dave bless.

 

[FrankieNYC]

Yeah, that's because he is most likely not getting one year.

He certainly shouldn't

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Wow I am legit surprised. I was thinking around 150k - 200k give or take a little. 300k is way better than I thought

 

[Brock-B-level-Athlete]

30.000-50,000 more than I thought.
{<Mcgoat}

Im simply too good

 

[bubbleboyjones]

Much better than expected
I think the o/u was 200k

I had this at 200k as well. To me the interesting factor going for this if you look at the audience that the 135lb belt was in front for the past couple cards;

UFC 217 Bisping vs. St. Pierre 11/04/17 875,000 - T.J. Dillashaw def. Cody Garbrandt
UFC 207 Nunes vs. Rousey 12/30/16 1,100,000 - Cody Garbrandt def. Dominick Cruz

So basically the 135lb belt and Cody has been in front of 2 million PPV buyers leading up to this card.

Also I think the UFC was able to create some decent brand awareness by having this fight in LA alongside with a presser that had the announcement of McGregor vs Khabib and Diaz not wanting to fight(Not that you could prove this actually adds PPV buys but it's good to get UFC in the news cycle like that)

 

[FrankieNYC]

I had this at 200k as well. To me the interesting factor going for this if you look at the audience that the 135lb belt was in front for the past couple cards;

UFC 217 Bisping vs. St. Pierre 11/04/17 875,000 - T.J. Dillashaw def. Cody Garbrandt
UFC 207 Nunes vs. Rousey 12/30/16 1,100,000 - Cody Garbrandt def. Dominick Cruz

So basically the 135lb belt and Cody has been in front of 2 million PPV buyers leading up to this card.

Also I think the UFC was able to create some decent brand awareness by having this fight in LA alongside with a presser that had the announcement of McGregor vs Khabib and Diaz not wanting to fight(Not that you could prove this actually adds PPV buys but it's good to get UFC in the news cycle like that)

Agreed
I also think a big part (as someone mentioned) was the allure of the actual beef between the two.
The embedded eps did more views than DC/Stipe

 

[xentreos]

The hardcores love Dillashaw.

 

[bubbleboyjones]

I don't know where "MMA fans" on sherdog ever got this weird false misconception that LHW/HW sell

Maybe because they have historically sold well?


UFC 116 Lesnar vs Carwin 1,160,000
UFC 114 Jackson vs Evans 1,050,000
UFC 66 Liddell vs. Ortiz 2 1,050,000
UFC 92 Griffin vs Evans 1,050,000
UFC 121 Lesnar vs. Velasquez 1,050,000
UFC 91 Couture vs Lesnar 1,010,000
UFC 214 Cormier vs. Jones 2 860,000
UFC 182 Jones vs. Cormier 800,000
UFC 61 Ortiz vs Shamrock 775,000
UFC 141 Lesnar vs. Overeem 750,000
UFC 145 Jones vs. Evans 700,000
UFC 71 Liddell vs Jackson 675,000
UFC 81 Lesnar vs Mir 650,000
UFC 98 Evans vs. Machida 635,000
UFC 146 Dos Santos vs. Mir 560,000
UFC 68 Couture vs Sylvia 540,000
UFC 86 Jackson vs. Griffin 540,000
UFC 159 Jones vs. Sonnen 530,000
UFC 115 Liddell vs Franklin 520,000
UFC 135 Jones vs. Rampage 520,000
UFC 113 Machida vs Shogun 2 520,000
UFC 62 Liddell vs Sobral 500,000
UFC 123 Rampage vs. Machida 500,000
UFC 104 Machida vs Shogun 500,000
UFC 74 Couture vs Gonzaga 485,000
UFC 140 Jones vs. Machida 485,000
UFC 76 Liddell vs Jardine 475,000
UFC 152 Jones vs. Belfort 450,000
UFC 128 Shogun vs Jones 445,000
UFC 102 Couture vs. Nogueira 435,000

 

[podsox]

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.

Mighty mouse was co main of a jones card and conor-poirier was on a Mighty Mouse undercard. They tried

 

[UL]

haha

BS

 

[RockyLockridge]

Mighty mouse was co main of a jones card and conor-poirier was on a Mighty Mouse undercard. They tried

Conor was barely a thing at that time that ppv sold like ass

 

[podsox]

Conor was barely a thing at that time that ppv sold like ass

He obviously wasn’t as big as he is now but the hype was insane and it was the biggest fight on the card

 

[Bubba32]

That's damn good for a manlet card. I enjoyed watching Mighty Duck lose so much that I would have bought the card twice If I had to.

 

[Toco]

 

[Krixes]

300k is great news... That's like the new 500k...

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

I actually heard it did 003K buys.

 

[Your Account]

That's damn good for a manlet card

Manlet goats were on that card

 

[Megalodon]

That's actually really good.