UFC 100 MAY SURPASS 1.6 MILLION HOMES
Las Vegas, NV Some of you scoffed at my predication recently that Brock Lesnar, the UFC heavyweight champion, will soon eclipse the pay per view record set by Floyd Mayweather’s 2007 snorefest with Oscar De La Hoya. Marketed as a great fight in history was a stretch, but the HBO PPV crew worked long and hard and came up with 2.4 million buys. Lesnar, an ex-NCAA college champ, as well as of the WWE world, is the scariest man on the planet. Not only is he like 6′5, 265 lbs, he’s unstoppable, a fighting machine if ever there was one.
UFC RAKED IN $275 MILLION IN 2008
Combine that with the Saturn 5 like rise of the UFC, which did $275 million American dollars last year, and you have Brock Lesnar, the hottest ticket in sports for some time to come. He’ll keep winning because I don’t think there is anyone that can beat him. Oh, did I forget to mention he’s white, making Lesnar the man that can control key demographics, “key” meaning ones that can afford to throw down a wad of cash.
WHO’S WHO OF WHO LIST SOON TO BE UFC’S
The stars that used to turn out in droves when people like Ali, Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, and Mike Tyson, and Oscar De La Hoya, expect those numbers to pale in comparison once Brock has another fight or two. A list of comps given out by Zuffa Sports, the UFC parent company for Lesnar fights, that will be the who’s who of who! Lesnar-Mir II is expected to top off between 1.5 and 1.6 million buys. If it goes past 1.6, the UFC will have the third bgigest PPV event in history.
#2 was Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson II with 1,960,000 homes in ‘97. Their initial encounter garnered 1.6 million buys. Mike Tyson-Peter McNeely, Tyson’s get out of jail fight, 1.5 million tuned into this mismatch.
Pedro Fernandez