{"id":172438,"date":"2015-10-21T13:43:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=172438"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:39:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:39:39","slug":"weidman-gives-bold-prediction-for-ufc-194-ppv-buy-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-gives-bold-prediction-for-ufc-194-ppv-buy-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Weidman gives bold prediction for UFC 194 PPV buy-rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Weidman will defend his UFC middleweight championship against former Strikeforce title holder Luke Rockhold at December&#8217;s UFC 194 event in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The highly anticipated event, which is headlined by a featherweight title unification bout featuring Jose Aldo taking on Conor McGregor, takes place December 12 live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Sin City.<\/p>\n<p>Weidman believes that as long as the card &#8216;stays together&#8217;, it will be a very lucrative event for all fighters involved:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I just want the card to stay together,&#8221; <\/em>Weidman said Monday during an in-studio appearance on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/10\/21\/9572751\/chris-weidman-predicts-ufc-194-will-do-1-4-million-pay-per-view-buys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>.<em> &#8220;If it stays together, I&#8217;m going to say (it does) 1.4 (million pay-per-view buys).&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The only other UFC event to sell $1.4 million or better in terms of pay-per-view buys was UFC 100, which sold $1.6 million on the shoulders of &#8216;Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir 2&#8217; and a title defense by former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think UFC 194 can break the records set by the UFC 100 fight card? 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