{"id":67274,"date":"2013-08-22T16:02:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T23:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=67274"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:52:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:52:46","slug":"report-ufc-161-163-ratings-flop-do-under-200k-ppv-buys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/report-ufc-161-163-ratings-flop-do-under-200k-ppv-buys\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: UFC 161 &#038; 163 Ratings Flop, Do Under 200k PPV Buys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aldo-jung-staredown1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aldo-jung-staredown1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"aldo jung staredown\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aldo-jung-staredown1.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aldo-jung-staredown1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/aldo-jung-staredown1-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen it comes to PPV buy rates we never really get disclosed true and accurate figures. However the one reliable and 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2013\/8\/21\/4645810\/ratings-report-ufc-163-ufc-161-ppv-numbers-are-just-latest-indicator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a> about UFC 161 and UFC 163:<\/p>\n<p><em>On Aug. 3, UFC 163 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, headlined by Jose Aldo&#8217;s win over Chan Sung Jung, the Korean Zombie, is currently estimated at doing 170,000 to 190,000 buys based on several estimates from the cable and MMA industry. It looks to have beaten UFC 161, headlined by Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson, two significantly bigger names, but with no championship belt at stake, by about 35,000 buys.<\/p>\n<p>It says that the featherweight title is worth something, and also gives an ominous message as to the current drawing power of Evans, who headlined a few of the biggest events in company history.<\/p>\n<p>But fans are more and more willing to skip buying every show, especially when the pay-per-view doesn&#8217;t have a can&#8217;t-miss match. UFC 163 came a week after a major television show, and two weeks before another. The debut of UFC on Fox Sports 1 showed that the UFC fan base for the most part is not a casual viewer. Even though most would agree Saturday&#8217;s debut on FS 1 was a stronger lineup than the July 27th show on FOX, the idea that a show on FOX would do a 1.5 rating and a show on an unfamiliar station that didn&#8217;t even exist the day before would do a 1.4 is nothing short of staggering.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to PPV buy rates we never really get disclosed true and accurate figures. However the one reliable and 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":65502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[11,649,15,4188,4354,16,5880],"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>Report: UFC 161 &amp; 163 Ratings Flop, Do Under 200k PPV Buys | 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\/report-ufc-161-163-ratings-flop-do-under-200k-ppv-buys\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report: UFC 161 &amp; 163 Ratings Flop, Do Under 200k PPV Buys | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When it comes to PPV buy rates we never really get disclosed true and accurate figures. 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