Dana White: UFC 92 ?crushes? pay-per-view (PPV) records
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Quoteworthy:
“I think [Georges St. Pierre vs. BJ Penn on January 31 is] going to be the biggest fight we’ve ever done. The last Lesnar pay-per-view did really well, and then our Dec. 27 show crushed it. I don’t want to get into numbers too much—that’s our policy. But it crushed it. I’ll say this: The Christmas show crushed the Lesnar fight by 150,000-175,000 buys… We lowballed our preflight estimates on that card and were blown away. I think what happened was two things. One, it was a kick-ass card. Two, I think we were a little off because of the holidays. I guess everybody thought, you’re burnt out by everything, what do you want to do? You want to get back together with your buddies and watch some fights. We were crapping our pants when the calendar came up when we saw the last Saturday of the year fell two days after Christmas. Then the economy went down. We didn’t know exactly what to expect. But we were surprised by how well it did.”
UFC President Dana White reveals that UFC 92: “The Ultimate 2008,” which took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 27, was a massive success on pay-per-view (PPV). In fact, he says it outperformed UFC 91: “Couture vs. Lesnar,” meaning that it was the most successful show of 2008. It would also mean that UFC 92 was the biggest success ever for the promotion — UFC 91 was second all-time behind UFC 66, which genreated an estimated PPV 1,050,000 buys. It’s hard to nail down an exact figure because the information is never made public; however, trends are often released weeks after the fights as the numbers are tallied from around the globe. Therefore, stay tuned for additional information. For complete coverage and results from the entire UFC 92 event click here.
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