UFC 153 Pay-Per-View Buys Confirm That Squash Matches Are Totally Hot Right Now
(We’re sorry, Stephan, but unless those things are actual guns, you’re getting your ass kicked tonight.) In the days leading up to UFC 153, many of you (and by you, we mean the entire MMA Interwebz)...
View ArticleSix Reasons Why MMA is Going to Change Forever in 2013
(Do women in the UFC represent a new path to the future, or business as usual? Photo via Esther Lin/MMAFighting) By Brian J. D’Souza There have been many landmark events in MMA history — the inception...
View ArticleCagePotato Presents: A Comprehensive Breakdown of the UFC’s PPV Numbers (And...
(“We will open the bidding for a UFC 149 pay-per-view purchase at $49.95. Do I hear $49.95? What if I said I’d thrown in this *authentic* jersey, completely free of charge? $49.95…anyone? OK, how...
View ArticleUFC 159′s Pay-Per-View Numbers Prove That UFC 159 Was Pretty Much a Waste Of...
(Jon…erg…just hear me out…*duff*…if we make it to round 2 *duff**duff*…I promise you no less than 20 thousand more buys. Jon?) At first glance, the pay-per-view numbers that just came in for UFC 159...
View ArticleCounterpoint: How Bellator’s PPV Venture Will Benefit All MMA Fighters
(Photo via Sherdog) By Brian J. D’Souza Bellator’s planned November pay-per-view headlined by Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Tito Ortiz is what it is: two once-great names that are way past their “best...
View Article[VIDEO] Wanderlei Silva Responds to Chael Sonnen
(Video via WandFightTeam Youtube) It doesn’t look like Wanderlei Silva is interested in retiring just yet. The former Pride champion and perennial bridesmaid Chael Sonnen are eager to face one another...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts on the UFC’s Decision to Increase the UFC 168 PPV By Five...
(Lofty claim that is later revoked + at least two f-bombs = another classic DW soundbite.) If you follow any other MMA site(s) besides CagePotato — which, why? — then you might have heard that the UFC...
View ArticleThe Pay-Per-View Buyrate Estimates for UFC 169 and UFC 170 Are Not Awesome
(Ronda Rousey might actually be the biggest star the UFC has. Unfortunately, that’s not saying much. / Photo via Getty) According to Dave Meltzer’s latest pay-per-view buyrate column on...
View ArticleUpdate: Bellator 120 Pulled Over 100,000 Pay-Per-View Buys [WHAAAAAT?]
(Looks like Bjorn is dick-ridin’ all the way to the bank. / Photo via TheExaminer) Earlier this week, initial estimates pegged Bellator 120: Rampage vs. King Mo as earning 65,000 pay-per-view buys — a...
View ArticleIs World Series of Fighting’s “Pay the Fighters Half” PPV Model Crazy Enough...
(“Y’know Rousimar, it’s a shame how imbalanced the profit distribution is in this sport. Sometimes, it feels like we-OW OW OW OW OKAY I’LL STOP TALKING.” / Photo via Sherdog) World Series of Fighting...
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