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MEDIA & BUSINESS: An argument for variable pay-per-view pricing

September 13, 2017

In less than a month, the combat sports world has seen both sides of the pay-per-view spectrum. On August 26, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor cashed in on ridiculous hype. While on September 9, UFC […]

ROUNDTABLE: How many PPV buys will the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight have? More than 5 million, or less than 5 million?

August 23, 2017

How many PPV buys will the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight have? More than 5 million, or less than 5 million? FRANK HYDEN, MMATorch Contributor I’m going to go with over 5 million buys. As I […]

MMATorch Daily Top Five 5/23: Worst Performing UFC Pay-Per-View Events of the Last Five Years

May 23, 2016

Welcome to MMATorch’s Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope you […]

UFC 196 “McGregor vs. Diaz” trending as biggest pay-per-view event in UFC history

March 11, 2016

UFC 196 may turn out to be the UFC’s biggest ever money earner on pay-per-view, surpassing the amount of money brought in by UFC 100’s 1.6 million pay-per-view buys in 2009. UFC President Dana White […]

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THIS DAY IN MMA HISTORY (11/2): Bellator’s ill-fated first attempt at pay-per-view

November 2, 2015

Was it really just two years ago that Bellator tried to put together its first pay-per-view? Wow… it seems like a lot more time has passed since they tried to present us with Tito Ortiz […]

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