Logan Paul vs KSI did 800k iPPV buys

[FrankieNYC]

Meltzer:
The Logan Paul vs. KSI fight was gigantic, reportedly doing 800,000 iPPV buys (an all-time record) and it did 3 million Google searches, as it was ahead of everything all weekend except John McCain and Leonard Bernstein on Saturday. UFC Fight Night was No. 10 today with 20,000 searches but didn't crack the top 20 yesterday.

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That is insane

 

[Limpy]

That’s embarrassing and not a good sign for our future.

 

[FrankieNYC]

That’s embarrassing and not a good sign for our future.

Ha ... you changed to CUNT

Breaking it down, that is an $8m gross (if it was $10 per) with about $5.5m rev from the iPPV.
That equals about 137,500 UFC buys or double what Bellator did for its PPV at MSG

 

[ECC170]

There's a lot more 12 year old die hards than their are legit mma fans.

 

[Ted Williams' head]

That's hilarious, but once again goes to show fight sports like MMA and boxing are more spectacle than sport, at least in the eyes of the general public.

But hey, as a capitalist, I must applaud them. They created a demand.

 

[aghof]

50 or 60 years from now, whatever the equivalent of millennials is at that point will 'rediscover' actual physical sports and it will become a trendy hipster thing like listening to vinyl has become now

 

[member 3289]

I can't wait for the rematch...

 

[jimmy boogaloo]

.. and next week on prime time we have the debut of our new show, Climbing for Dollars!

 

[jason73]

I can't wait for the rematch...

FaZe sensei called for a pride rules rematch for his fight on the undercard.the logan vs ksi was a majority draw and they are 100% having a rematch

 

[Silverball]

Ha ... you changed to CUNT

Breaking it down, that is an $8m gross (if it was $10 per) with about $5.5m rev from the iPPV.
That equals about 137,500 UFC buys or double what Bellator did for its PPV at MSG

And in the ballpark, if not bigger than this recent UFC card, featuring two championship fights.

 

[ConorMcGregor NutHugger]

In for the Paul vs Conor fight. Imagine the numbers on that one?

 

[member 3289]

FaZe sensei called for a pride rules rematch for his fight on the undercard.the logan vs ksi was a majority draw and they are 100% having a rematch

Do you wanna make the event thread or should I?

 

[Wild]

What was this?

 

[FrankieNYC]

What was this?

Two YouTube celebs boxing

 

[Muridae83]

Ha ... you changed to CUNT

Breaking it down, that is an $8m gross (if it was $10 per) with about $5.5m rev from the iPPV.
That equals about 137,500 UFC buys or double what Bellator did for its PPV at MSG

wasnt the fee 13 dollars or something like that?

 

[jimmy boogaloo]

been thinking about this a bit today as it was mainstream news. fuck it, if this sort of thing gets otherwise disinterested youngsters to compute that paying to watch fighting on tv is legit entertainment, it's handy for us. I support it.

 

[GSPTrainingInAPool]

fuckin lol!!! all sports should be taking note of this. Not just combat sports

 

[Rambo John J]

lower price and folks will buy events in in massive numbers

15 bucks is the top for an event for most people

UFC drops the price and the buys would skyrocket

just milking the last of the morans $$ IMO

 

[jason73]

What was this?

Full fight card of youtubers boxing each other.ask your youngest kid about it.it was huge for younger teens and 11teeners

 

[jason73]

wasnt the fee 13 dollars or something like that?

9.99 usd

 

[The EZ Life]

Question for my fellow mma community people.. I watched the highlights.


When KSI was weaving, he would just bend at the hip and move his upper body down and forward/side to side, leaving the top of his head completely exposed(instead of bending at the knees in a good stance where you can still see punches coming in).


Is getting hit on the top of your head more dangerous than a typical punch?

 

[ConorMcGregor NutHugger]

Not going to lie, didn’t watch. Was it at least entertaining?

 

[KWingJitsu]

Who the fornication are these people???

 

[jason73]

Not going to lie, didn’t watch. Was it at least entertaining?

it was entertaining and cringey . i watched because my son wanted to watch. i probably owed it to him after making him watch 11 years of mma .