{"id":287322,"date":"2018-10-08T15:23:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T22:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=287322"},"modified":"2018-10-08T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T22:47:54","slug":"dana-white-says-ufc-229-did-way-over-2-million-pay-per-view-buys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-ufc-229-did-way-over-2-million-pay-per-view-buys\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White says UFC 229 did &#8216;way over 2 million&#8217; pay-per-view buys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 229 was touted as the biggest fight in UFC history. As well as a fight &#8216;the world would be watching&#8217; and well, it turned out to be true. After months of bad pay-per-view numbers, where UFC 228 estimated at 130 thousand buys, UFC 229 was a sigh of relief for the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conor McGregor<\/a> made his return to the Octagon to take on the lightweight champion and undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov proved to be too much for McGregor and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/ufc-229-results-khabib-nurmagomedov-stops-conor-mcgregor-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submitted him in the fourth round<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the fight, mayhem took place with Nurmagomedov trying to fight McGregor&#8217;s corner. While members of Nurmagomedov&#8217;s team jumping into the Octagon and attacking McGregor. Ultimately, UFC President Dana White was so mad at the post-fight press conference that he didn&#8217;t even ask anybody on how the pay-per-views did.<\/p>\n<p>Well, two days later, White revealed just how good UFC 229 did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pay-per-view numbers are starting to roll in, so I\u2019m in a much better mood than I was on Saturday,\u201d White said to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/category\/tmzsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ Sports<\/a>. \u201cWe didn\u2019t do 3 million. But it\u2019s so hard to crack 2 million in [combat sports]. Even [Mike] Tyson [vs Evander] Holyfield was at like 1.995 [million]. Things like that didn\u2019t crack 2 million. We\u2019re way over 2 million, so I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Happy, indeed, especially after what took place after the fight. Although it wasn&#8217;t the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-claims-ufc-229-is-trending-to-sell-close-to-3-million-ppvs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 million that White was hoping for<\/a>, going way over 2 million is absolutely huge. It would be the UFC&#8217;s biggest pay-per-view to date, a tremendous\u00a0feat.<\/p>\n<p>People wanted to see McGregor&#8217;s return, and for\u00a0him take on one of the best lightweights. If not the best lightweight ever to fight in the UFC. McGregor&#8217;s star power is huge, and it showed by the pay-per-view buys.<\/p>\n<p>Although nothing is official, it was a big night for the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Did you purchase the pay-per-view for UFC 229?<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a>\u00a0on 10\/8\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 229 was touted as the biggest fight in UFC history. As well as a fight &#8216;the world would be watching&#8217; and well, it turned out to be true. After months of bad pay-per-view numbers, where UFC 228 estimated at 130 thousand buys, UFC 229 was a sigh of relief for the UFC. 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