UFC: average number of Pay-Per-View buys per event 2001-2018
In 2018, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) staged a total of 39 events. However, after a considerable drop in Pay-Per-View buy rates in 2017, the average number of Pay-Per-View buys recovered to approximately 447 thousand per event in 2018. One major contributor for this was UFC 229 on October 6th 2018, featuring Khabib Nurmagomedov versus Conor McGregor, resulting in the top UFC event in terms of Pay-Per-View buys with a total of 2.4 million buys.
Live attendance
During the 39 UFC events in 2018, a total of 474 fights took place, a number that’s held held rather steady since 2014. The highest live attendance was seen at UFC 193 on November 14th 2015, featuring Ronda Rousey versus Holly Holm, with a total of 56,214 attendees. UFC 129, Georges St-Pierre versus Jake Shields almost had as many live spectators with 55,724 at the octagon.
Fighter earnings
The highest all-time earnings directly through UFC fights were those of Conor McGregor at roughly 12 million U.S. dollars, however the majority of his personal income comes from other sources such as bonuses, endorsement deals, or for example his professional boxing match against Floyd Mayweather, for which he received over 75 million U.S. dollars. The earnings of fights depend heavily on the style card they fight. For example in UFC 227 Demetrious Johnson, who was fighting in main card, had the highest earning for that event with 470 thousand U.S. dollars.
Live attendance
During the 39 UFC events in 2018, a total of 474 fights took place, a number that’s held held rather steady since 2014. The highest live attendance was seen at UFC 193 on November 14th 2015, featuring Ronda Rousey versus Holly Holm, with a total of 56,214 attendees. UFC 129, Georges St-Pierre versus Jake Shields almost had as many live spectators with 55,724 at the octagon.
Fighter earnings
The highest all-time earnings directly through UFC fights were those of Conor McGregor at roughly 12 million U.S. dollars, however the majority of his personal income comes from other sources such as bonuses, endorsement deals, or for example his professional boxing match against Floyd Mayweather, for which he received over 75 million U.S. dollars. The earnings of fights depend heavily on the style card they fight. For example in UFC 227 Demetrious Johnson, who was fighting in main card, had the highest earning for that event with 470 thousand U.S. dollars.
