The statistic displays the leading Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Pay-Per-View events as of July 2020, by buyrate. As of June 2021 the highest Pay-Per-View buyrate of UFC events was seen at Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor at UFC 229 with a total of approximately 2.4 milion Pay-Per-View buys.
Pay-Per-View buys
With a record of 1.65 million pay-per-view buys, the fight between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz at UFC 202 on August 20, 2016 set an all-time high for the leading buy-rates of UFC pay-per-view events at the time. It was eventually surpassed by UFC 229 between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor on October 6th, 2018, which resulted in 2.4 million pay-per-view purchases.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company. It is the world's biggest MMA promotion organization, with a roster that includes some of the sport's top fighters and is considered one of the most valuable sports business brands worldwide.
The UFC holds tournaments all around the world that feature twelve weight classes (eight men's divisions that four women's divisions) and follow the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. The UFC has held over 500 events as of 2020
Early UFC Events
On November 12, 1993, the first UFC event took place.
The aim of these early Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments was to find the most successful martial art in a battle with few rules and no weight divisions between athletes from various fighting disciplines such as Boxing, Kickboxing, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, and Judo.
Fighters eventually began to incorporate techniques from more than one sport, which ultimately contributed to the creation of an unique combat style that has come to be known as mixed martial arts.
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MMAPayout.com, Tapology. (2021). Leading Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Pay-Per-View events as of June 2021, by buyrate. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/680659/ultimate-fighting-championship-leading-pay-per-view-events-by-buyrate/
MMAPayout.com, and Tapology. "Leading Ultimate Fighting Championship (Ufc) Pay-per-view Events as of June 2021, by Buyrate." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/680659/ultimate-fighting-championship-leading-pay-per-view-events-by-buyrate/
MMAPayout.com & Tapology, Leading Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Pay-Per-View events as of June 2021, by buyrate Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/680659/ultimate-fighting-championship-leading-pay-per-view-events-by-buyrate/ (last visited July 04, 2022)