UFC 150 PPV buys: Initial domestic numbers at 190K buys

MMApayout.com - August 16, 2012: The Wrestling Observer (subscription required) reports that preliminary numbers of UFC 150 are 190,000 domestic PPV buys. The ratings, if correct, are the lowest in some time for a show held in the United States.

UFC 147 in June was held in Brazil and garnered only 140,000 PPV buys. But UFC 150 featured a title fight between Benson Henderson and Frankie Edgar as well as a co-main event featuring local product Donald Cerrone versus Melvin Guillard.

The Wrestling Observer notes the DirecTV issue may have come into play considering some may have been shut out for the live event. The reason may have centered on how you ordered the PPV. If you ordered it through your remote control, it was unlikely you had a problem. However, if you ordered online, you may have had issues. This may be due to the updating of its system. This may also be the reason why some had no issues at all ordering DirecTV. The purpose of ordering via online is that you have the advantage of watching the PPV in multiple rooms.

Payout Perspective:

If the numbers hold true, the overall event has to be considered a disappointment. From the prelim ratings, to the attendance and gate and now the buy rate reflect a card that the consumer had little interest in. Undoubtedly, one might argue the DirecTV issues may have affected the number but even 200K PPV buys cannot be what the UFC had wanted to see especially with a rematch between Henderson and Edgar.

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Their numbers have been absolute crap for along time. Besides events where Sonnen trolls his way into title shots, it's pretty much been one complete fail. Dana just keeps blaming everything but himself and the ufc's terrible cards for the problem so it's never going to get better.

Glad to see these stupid sheep/ignorant consumers/ zuffa zombies are starting to wake up and spot a lack of quality in the UFC cards.


Either that or they are just stupid and unemployed.

Why pay to see UFC when you get KSW 20 for 10 bucks.

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Dagwood wrote:

lol.....who the fuck payed for that shit.....they expect to sell alot of ppv's with that kind of weak fight cards.....

even do its a shame, dana has to admit that theyre biggest asset was a pro-wrestler....