MMA Paper Trail: Spider Business

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Statistics & Data

UFC 148 “Silva vs. Sonnen 2”
July 7 (Pay-Per-View) |MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
Marquee Fight(s): Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen, Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin

• 15,104: Attendance (13,606 sold, 1,498 comped)
• $6,901,655: Gate (U.S. MMA record)
• 1,000,000: Estimated pay-per-view buys (first one million-buy show since UFC 121)
• 1,800,000: Average television audience for prelims on FX (highest for UFC prelims on FX, tied for second highest in prelim audience in history)
• $75,000: Value of post-fight bonus awards, which went to Anderson Silva for “Knockout,” Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz for “Fight of the Night”

UFC on Fuel TV 4 “Munoz vs. Weidman
July 11 (Fuel TV) | HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif.
Marquee Fight(s): Mark Munoz vs. Chris Weidman

• 4,517: Attendance (1,882 sold, 2,635 comped)
• $163,495: Gate (lowest ever for a UFC in California)
• 211,000: Average television audience (second highest rating in Fuel TV history behind the Feb. 15 event, peaked at 291,000 for the headliner)
• $40,000: Value of post-fight bonuses, which went to James Te-Huna and Joey Beltran for “Fight of the Night,” Alex Caceras for “Submission of the Night” and Chris Weidman for “Knockout of the Night”

Strikeforce “Rockhold vs. Kennedy”
July 14 (Showtime) | Rose Garden, Portland, Ore.
Marquee Fight(s): Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Kennedy, Nate Marquardt vs. Tyron Woodley

• No Report: Attendance
• No Report: Gate
• 420,000: Average television audience (slightly below the 2012 average, up from 344,000 for Rockhold’s last main event)

Bellator 72
July 20 (MTV 2) | USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Fla.
Marquee Fight(s): Bryan Baker vs. Karl Amoussou, Paul Daley vs. Rudy Bears

• No Report: Attendance
• No Report: Gate
• 193,000: Average television audience (except for Bellator 69, highest number since Bellator 59 in November 2011)

UFC 149 “Faber vs. Barao”
July 21 (Pay-Per-View) | Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta Canada
Marquee Fight(s): Urijah Faber vs. Renan Pegado, Hector Lombard vs. Tim Boetsch

• 16,089: Attendance
• $4,000,000: Gate (U.S. dollars, highest of 2012 besides UFC 148)
• 235,000: Estimated pay-per-view buys
• 1,000,000: Average television audience for prelims on FX (sixth place out of eight prelim specials on FX)
• $65,000: Value of post-fight bonuses, which went to Ryan Jimmo for “Knockout of the Night,” Bryan Caraway and Mitch Gagnon for “Fight of the Night” and Matt Riddle for “Submission of the Night”