{"id":295640,"date":"2018-12-21T07:06:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T15:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=295640"},"modified":"2018-12-21T07:06:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T15:06:57","slug":"estimated-ppv-buys-for-ufc-231-card-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/estimated-ppv-buys-for-ufc-231-card-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Estimated PPV buys for UFC 231 card released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The estimate for the pay-per-view buys of the recent UFC 231 card has been released. Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that the card, which was headlined by a featherweight title fight between champ Max Holloway and formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega, did roughly 240,000 &#8211; 300,000 pay-per-view buys.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From WON, the current estimates for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC231?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC231<\/a> is 240k-300k buys.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/1075780950875754496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When compared to UFC 229, which was headlined by a title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor and sold north of 2 million pay-per-views, UFC 231 looks like dud. Yet compared to many of the other pay-per-views that occurred this year, it&#8217;s actually something of a success \u2014 in fact, it might even indicate that the featherweight champion Max Holloway is becoming a draw.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khabib\/Conor(2.4M) accounts for 48% of the UFC&#39;s PPV buys YTD.Where have all the draws gone?<\/p>\n<p>Stipe\/Ngannou-380K<br \/>Stipe\/DC-380K<br \/>Khabib\/Iaquinta-350K<br \/>TJ\/Cody-300K<br \/>Cyborg\/Kuni-260K<br \/>Whittaker\/Yoel-250K<br \/>DC\/Lewis-250K<br \/>Yoel\/Rockhold-130K<br \/>T-Wood\/Till-130K<br \/>Nunes\/Rocky-85K<\/p>\n<p>*231 Pending<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Hickey MMA (@AndyHickeyMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyHickeyMMA\/status\/1075803636964474883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the list above shows, several 2018 pay-per-views did less than 300,000 buys, while some did less than 200,000, and one did less than 100,000.<\/p>\n<p>In the UFC 231 main event, Max Holloway defeated Brian Ortega by doctor stoppage between the fourth and fifth rounds. He&#8217;s now defended his title two times since winning it from featherweight legend Jose Aldo in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 231 was co-headlined by a women&#8217;s flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and former strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Shevchenko won this title fight by unanimous decision, capturing the vacant title in the process.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the PPV estimate for UFC 231? Do you consider this card a success?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/21\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The estimate for the pay-per-view buys of the recent UFC 231 card has been released. Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that the card, which was headlined by a featherweight title fight between champ Max Holloway and formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega, did roughly 240,000 &#8211; 300,000 pay-per-view buys. 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