seanz25 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Most non-boxing purchased PPV ever to add to that to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted September 7, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted September 7, 2016 Meltzer reckons this show did 1.65M buys, which makes it their most purchased PPV ever (100 did 1.6M). It was actually ufc 196 (Mcgregor Diaz 1) that did 1.6m buys and also broke UFC 100's record of 1.5m. Â Mcgregor really is a phenomenon. Diaz obviously has to receive props too as they really caught lightning in a bottle with the pair of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted September 7, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted September 7, 2016 Yeah, my bad. I misread the article on MMA Fighting (I thought 100 and Diaz/McGregor 1 did the same number). Â You wonder if they can break their record again for the rubber match? Â Pretty incredible run of buy rates McGregor is on. Since the Aldo fight he's handily drawn over 1M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mole Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I have no idea what did what, Conar said his was the biggest but even if it sold less than 100, the PPVs are now $5 dearer, so 196 would have made more money and a much higher hate. Then you have people watching online, you can watch Fight Pass, Fox Sports Go (like Sky Sports Go) for the main prelims and then order it from the UFC online, those things wouldn't have been so easy in 2009 or whenever 100 was and the UFC don't have to pay the cable companies half. Â 202 went up against the Olympics, which says a lot, I thought it would hurt it but most of the popular sports had happened and they were nearly wrapping up the event for the next days closing ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted September 7, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted September 7, 2016 That's an incredible number. Next years Wrestlemania main event should be sold on Roman Reigns chucking bottles at someone. Â Weren't there loads of people complaining that nobody wanted to see the rematch? Bosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 7, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted September 7, 2016 The UFC has the bust the bank to immediately set up the trilogy surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Â Good arrows Conor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weevil Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Starting with Rousey v Holm, UFC have done over a  million buys on 5 of their last 10 PPVs. Prior to this period they had only done it 7 times total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I'm getting that he was utterly convinced McGregor had no chance, but acknowledged he had a perfect plan for victory and stuck to it. He was hoping for a barn burner and was personally disappointed he didn't get one. That's my take on it.  I assumed he had no chance because I bought into the notion that he was coming to throw down, the way that he's been doing since he arrived in the UFC, and the way that Diaz probably expected him to. If I'd thought for a second that he'd use a gamplan that he borrowed from Carlos Condit and later passed on to Alistair Overeem then I'd have thought differently.  I give him massive credit for fighting smart, massive credit. I'm actually glad to see that he's not buying into his own hype, and realises that keeping the on-screen chat that is designed to separate the marks from their money distinctly separate from what he actually does and thinks is the way to go.  He's went up in my estimation after that fight, but it doesn't stop me from being a bit disappointed when I was expecting a war. I guess his banter is so good that it actually had me sucked in as well to a degree!  So yeah, excellent gameplan, he went in, stayed on his toes, engaged as little as possible and escaped with the points win.  I simply couldn't see him being able to avoid Diaz for 25 minutes, but I was wrong. It doesn't happen often Keith, so let the lads have their moment    In fact, if you go through this thread in its entirety, the most mentioned person in it is McGregor.  The 2nd most mentioned person? Well, that's not for me to say really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted October 10, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2016 For the bottle throwing incident, the NAC recommends a punishment of $25,000, 25 hours community service, and media training for Conor McGregor. Â Media training. Conor McGregor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I assume that means he's going to train others how to sell a fucking show then? What was that massive buyrate again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members herbie747 Posted November 25, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted November 25, 2016 I'm still in awe that those 4 punches in a row that put Alvarez down - the accuracy of McGregor. Then another beauty on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted November 25, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 25, 2016 Â So in awe that you've bumped the McGregor vs Diaz 2 thread to talk about McGregor vs Alvarez! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members herbie747 Posted November 25, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted November 25, 2016 Bollocks.... just scanned the page & clicked.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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