Will UFC RIO be lowest selling PPV of Zuffa era?

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Blue Jesting - First off, anyone missing this card over a shitty football game is KAHRAAYYZZEEE <img src="/images/phone/apple.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>

That shitty football game has a good chance to be the most watched NFL playoff game ever. Just because you don't like football, doesn't mean that others don't.

With that said, this is a PPV card, easily. This is because...

1. Title fight. The only free title fight ever was the Cruz vs Mighty Mouse fight, and that one was mainly to establish a new weightclass. Aldo, while in a "new" weight class, is a top 5 or 6 P4P fighter.

2. Brazil. This fight will be monstrously viewed in Brazil. They're probably gonna make more money off of the Brazil TV deal than they could've hoped for through American PPV buys.

3. There are good fights. Aldo vs Mendes is interesting, but Vitor vs Rumble could headline a lot of cards. It may not seem that way because Rumble isn't a huge name just yet, but he does have a decent name, and anyone who follows the sport knows that fight is a must see. Etim vs Barboza is interesting as fuck too.

We must not forget, that most of the cards with the "big names" end up being decent, while most of the cards that are "not worth buying" end up producing the best fights of the year. It happens time and time again, and we STILL have people complaining a few days before the fights. Watch it, or don't. Don't be ignorant because none of your heroes are on the card though. That has been proven to be a bad thought process.

As far as the fights though, I think Rumble takes Vitor. Vitor is a legend. He's fast as fuck, strong, and swarms on hurt opponents. However, Johnson is stronger, just as fast, more versatile of a striker, and a far better wrestler. I think that if Vitor doesn't clip Johnson hard and early, Vitor gets hit with a monstrous killshot much like Silva caught him with. Possibly worse considering how hard Rumble hits WITHOUT the extra 15 pounds.

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MMArijuana - Lol people commenting at the quality of the card and totally ignoring the topic at hand.<br><br>This ppv will not do well. <img src="/images/phone/droid.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>


Word! It's not that the fights aren't going to be exciting, but you can't justify charging $60 bucks for this fight card. There have been better cards on VS and Spike.

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JeffersonDArcyChoke -  Jose Aldo following a Brock Lesnar PPV is like asking out Lexington Steele's ex-girlfriend and telling her you will knock the bottom out of her ass. Phone Post
This needs more love.

 

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I'm not buying this card. I got over the whole "I have to buy every PPV or else Dana won't like me" phase a long time ago.

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Authority Figure - People that don't like this card:

People that don't actually know jackshit about MMA.
People that don't research fighters.
People that enjoy WWE.
People that purse them lips around polish sausage.
People that stream fights.
People that watch fights alone.
People that work buggie duty @ Wal-Mart.

Did I miss anyone?


Yea,

"People that would rather watch the AFC divisional championship for free."

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I like this card, but I am really curious as to what the numbers are going to look like.  Going head to head with the NFL is definitely going to effect the numbers, but I'm thinking a good chunk of people will still buy and DVR.

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I love mma and haven't missed a champion card in age, but I'm fucking watching TIM TEBOW VS TOM BRADY god damn imagine if he pulls it off! I GOTTA BE WITNESS TO GREATNESS FUCK YOU ALDO! Phone Post

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SlyStallowned - 
Ktaco - 
GageIsLegend - 
Ktaco - The average buyrate is right around 500k buys. I'll say around 300k-325k for this card.
Lol wat? <img src="/images/phone/apple.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>


What did you not understand? I gave my prediction.


I think he is lol-ing at the fact you believe that the average UFC sells 500,000 PPVS. I too lol at that. Several PPV's in 2011 are thought to have sold in only the 200-300,000 range.



Perhaps you should look at the facts than.

http://www.mmanews.com/forums/general-mma-forum/42504-analyzing-ufc-ppv-buyrates.html

Yes that only shows up to UFC 114. Look at the buys from than on if you like and see if it drastically changes the average, but I can tell you now it doesn't.

So again I'll say their avg buyrate is right around 500k.

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Ktaco - 
SlyStallowned - 
Ktaco - 
GageIsLegend - 
Ktaco - The average buyrate is right around 500k buys. I'll say around 300k-325k for this card.
Lol wat? <img src="/images/phone/apple.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>


What did you not understand? I gave my prediction.


I think he is lol-ing at the fact you believe that the average UFC sells 500,000 PPVS. I too lol at that. Several PPV's in 2011 are thought to have sold in only the 200-300,000 range.



Perhaps you should look at the facts than.

http://www.mmanews.com/forums/general-mma-forum/42504-analyzing-ufc-ppv-buyrates.html

Yes that only shows up to UFC 114. Look at the buys from than on if you like and see if it drastically changes the average, but I can tell you now it doesn't.

So again I'll say their avg buyrate is right around 500k.


The UFC doesn't post the numbers, so it's all speculation, not facts! They could be doing a lot worse than they lead us to believe.

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quoting screwed up

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Zuffa doesn't need high PPV numbers on this , I surmise they are building their BRAZIL UFC brand for the long term and this event is great step in that direction.

Matchups are set to build some Brazilian names like Erik Silva. Matchup with Mazzensio is custom made for Palhares.

BELFORT is on the card.

ALDO is probably set to become a start over there and this spotlights him.

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brocclesnar - 
Ktaco - 
SlyStallowned - 
Ktaco - 
GageIsLegend - 
Ktaco - The average buyrate is right around 500k buys. I'll say around 300k-325k for this card.
Lol wat? <img src="/images/phone/apple.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>


What did you not understand? I gave my prediction.


I think he is lol-ing at the fact you believe that the average UFC sells 500,000 PPVS. I too lol at that. Several PPV's in 2011 are thought to have sold in only the 200-300,000 range.



Perhaps you should look at the facts than.

http://www.mmanews.com/forums/general-mma-forum/42504-analyzing-ufc-ppv-buyrates.html

Yes that only shows up to UFC 114. Look at the buys from than on if you like and see if it drastically changes the average, but I can tell you now it doesn't.

So again I'll say their avg buyrate is right around 500k.


The UFC doesn't post the numbers, so it's all speculation, not facts! They could be doing a lot worse than they lead us to believe.


haha alright. I'm getting figures from what has been released and what most people beleive to be true. No I cannot say they are 100% accurate, but to just laugh and say "no they don't do 500k avg" without doing research is, well...laughable.

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SlyStallowned - 
Ktaco - 
SlyStallowned - 
Ktaco - 
GageIsLegend - 
Ktaco - The average buyrate is right around 500k buys. I'll say around 300k-325k for this card.
Lol wat? <img src="/images/phone/apple.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>


What did you not understand? I gave my prediction.


I think he is lol-ing at the fact you believe that the average UFC sells 500,000 PPVS. I too lol at that. Several PPV's in 2011 are thought to have sold in only the 200-300,000 range.



Perhaps you should look at the facts than.

http://www.mmanews.com/forums/general-mma-forum/42504-analyzing-ufc-ppv-buyrates.html

Yes that only shows up to UFC 114. Look at the buys from than on if you like and see if it drastically changes the average, but I can tell you now it doesn't.

So again I'll say their avg buyrate is right around 500k.


So to prove that 2011 PPV buyrates average 500K each, you post buyrates that end in 2010? Are you a retard?

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/8/20/2374424/ufc-133-pay-per-view-buys-trending-around-310000

Heres numbers from this year. Its also been reported that UFC 140 did below 500k. If you use Google, you can find a lot of numbers from 2011 that prove your "500K average" buyrate is wrong, but I guess you already know that, and thats why you posted numbers from 2010 as "evidence"....


Perhaps you should be asking yourself the same question. Where did I say "the average for 2011 is 500k buys"? The link I posted was from UFC 50 to UFC 114 (2004-2010). The avg was 500k. The avg from UFC 114-141 is also slightly over 500K.

Do you guys just look for something to fight about? All I did was post the average(reported) buyrate and give my prediction that UFC 142 would do about 300k-325k buys.

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SlyStallowned - When you talk about averages in this business (sports/entertainment) you usually look at the most recent trends. Trying to predict how a PPV will sell in February of 2012 by citing examples from 2004 isn't really useful here.



I agree with you. The thread title was "Will UFC RIO be lowest selling PPV of Zuffa era", so I did some quick research on what their buyrates have been like throughout the years and found that particular link, I found the average to be interesting.

My prediction was not solely based on that average.