It appears UFC 91 will fall well short of Dana White's prediction of 1.2 million PPV buys. According to some initial reports, it will be in the 750,000-900,000 range.
This happens to be almost exactly where I predicted. Despite being lower than White's ridiculous number, it looks like a big success.
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At a time when few businesses are doing well, the UFC is thriving. If it ends up over 775K buys, it will be the No. 2 all time UFC PPV behind UFC 66 (Liddell/Ortiz II, 1,050,000 buys).
The other thing this proves is Brock Lesnar is the biggest draw in MMA by far. Randy Couture had a little to do with the numbers, but it is Lesnar who did the most work.
His transformation from a pro wrestler into a cage fighter continues to intrigue a large portion of the public. He is Kimbo Slice with much more talent.
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about 1 month ago
Interesting stuff, I thought the PPV buy would have been higher.
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"His transformation from a pro wrestler into a cage fighter continues to intrigue a large portion of the public. He is Kimbo Slice with much more talent."
Anyone who has seen him mature, grow and evolve would hardly compare him to a homeless felon.
I graduated from Minnesota around the same time Brock did. He absolutely destroyed people in college, with intensity rarely seen today. Most impressive.
His professional wrestling is unfortunate. Most people discredit him on that alone.
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Nice article.
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