TOP UFC PPV’S IN HISTORY

UFC 25th Anniversary

Today is the anniversary of the day it all began. In 1993 we saw the first ever UFC, and a lot has changed since the days of Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock.

The human cock fighting references are gone and a sport with virtually no rules is transformed with unified rules and weight divisions, and now the sport is full of elite athletes competing for UFC gold.

The likes of Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor have taken the sport to unprecedented heights in the PPV market. One look at the Top PPV’s in UFC history tells you how important those 3 fighters have been.

But the UFC has suffered in recent years, with Lesnar and Rousey gone and McGregor on a hiatus. PPV buys are largely down and new stars are badly needed.

When the UFC get it right, for me it’s the greatest show on earth, and hopefully the next 25 years will see further growth and new stars emerge to match and exceed what came before.

TOP UFC PPV’S IN HISTORY

UFC 229 Khabib vs McGregor  2,400,000
UFC 202 Diaz vs McGregor  1,600,000
UFC 196 McGregor vs Diaz  1,317,000
UFC 205 Alvarez vs McGregor  1,300,000
UFC 100 Lesnar vs Mir 2 1,300,000
UFC 194 Aldo vs McGregor  1,200,000
UFC 116 Lesnar vs Carwin 1,160,000
UFC 193 Rousey vs Holm  1,100,000
UFC 207 Nunes vs Rousey  1,100,000
UFC 66 Liddell vs Ortiz 2 1,050,000

To see how far the UFC has come since its inception in 1993, UFC 1 managed around 86,000 buys.