{"id":43233,"date":"2012-10-22T09:59:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T16:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=43233"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:29:55","slug":"ratings-report-ufc-153-pulls-decent-but-not-great-ppv-ratings-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ratings-report-ufc-153-pulls-decent-but-not-great-ppv-ratings-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratings Report: UFC 153 Pulls Decent But Not Great PPV Ratings | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/silva-bonnar2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/silva-bonnar2.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"silva bonnar\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/silva-bonnar2.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/silva-bonnar2-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/silva-bonnar2-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhile we will never know the truth of the matter, the lone source for UFC pay-per-view figures has and always will be, Mr. Dave Meltzer.<\/p>\n<p>When people talk of buys, stating this PPV did this amount and this one did that, it is all based on his industry intelligence. The UFC never confirms figures, nor do the broadcasters, however, Meltzer\u2019s time in the PPV business has gone on way before the UFC existed and therefore his estimates and contacts are widely considered as valid and on point.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, here is what he said via his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2012\/10\/22\/3537398\/silva-vs-bonnar-does-best-ppv-numbers-for-a-brazil-based-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newsletter<\/a> about UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar:<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nEstimates vary regarding how UFC 153 did on pay-per-view due it being so soon after the event, but the news looks positive in that the show appears to have outdistanced most expectations going in.<\/p>\n<p>Industry estimates have ranged from 340,000 to 410,000 buys from various sources, for the show headlined by Anderson Silva vs. Stephan Bonnar. This would make it the most successful of the four events thus far held in Brazil, and the numbers may not even wind up too far off what UFC 152 did, for a show in Toronto headlined by Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort for the light heavyweight title.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we will never know the truth of the matter, the lone source for UFC pay-per-view figures has and always will be, Mr. Dave Meltzer. When people talk of buys, stating this PPV did this amount and this one did that, it is all based on his industry intelligence. The UFC never confirms figures, nor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":43234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[11,649,15,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ratings Report: UFC 153 Pulls Decent But Not Great PPV Ratings | UFC NEWS | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ratings-report-ufc-153-pulls-decent-but-not-great-ppv-ratings-ufc-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ratings Report: UFC 153 Pulls Decent But Not Great PPV Ratings | UFC NEWS | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While we will never know the truth of the matter, the lone source for UFC pay-per-view figures has and always will be, Mr. Dave Meltzer. 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