{"id":292761,"date":"2018-11-26T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=292761"},"modified":"2018-11-27T16:11:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:11:53","slug":"tito-ortiz-shares-pay-per-view-estimate-for-chuck-liddell-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/golden-boy-promotions\/tito-ortiz-shares-pay-per-view-estimate-for-chuck-liddell-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tito Ortiz shares pay-per-view estimate for Chuck Liddell rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Saturday night, in the main event of the first ever mixed martial arts event promoted by Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy promotions<\/a>, Tito Ortiz stepped into the cage with his fellow UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell for a third time.<\/p>\n

Unlike the pair’s first two meetings, Tito Ortiz won this fight, putting his long-time rival down with a punch in the first round.<\/p>\n

While this was a feel-good moment for Ortiz, who had long sought an elusive win over Chuck Liddell, the verdict is still out on whether the fight will be a financial success for him.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the fight, Ortiz repeatedly explained that he was receiving only a small guaranteed purse<\/a>, and that his payday would come primarily from his portion of the pay-per-view sales, as well as segment of the gate and merchandise sales.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis fight, I\u2019m not getting paid no money,” he explained to MMAjunkie in the buildup to the fight. “I\u2019m not getting a million dollar payday guaranteed. I make money when someone buys the pay-per-view. I make money when someone buys a ticket to the fight.”<\/p>\n

In other words, for Tito Ortiz to make any real, life-changing money from this Chuck Liddell rematch, the pay-per-view needed to perform well.<\/p>\n

Well, speaking on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday, he said that he’s heard the pay-per-view did somewhere around 200k buys. If this figure is accurate, it certainly can’t be called a home run, but given that many members of the MMA community seemed to think the pay-per-view would bomb, it does seem like something of a victory.<\/p>\n

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Tito Ortiz tells @arielhelwani<\/a> he's heard #LiddellOrtiz3<\/a> had a buy rate in the 200k range #HelwaniShow<\/a><\/p>\n

— Nolan King (@mma_kings) November 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n