The Ohio State Athletic Commission released its attendance numbers for UFC 68 and at 19,079, it now holds the record for highest attendence to an MMA event in North America. This total breaks the previously record of 18,265 held by the Strikeforce Fighting Championship.
Of those attendees, 17,358 were paid entrees bringing the total gate to $2,741,820. Just shy of the total for UFC 67. The average ticket price was down from UFC 67 but considering that the UFC made over 200,000,000 on PPV last year, I’m pretty sure there cool with it.
It’s actually refreshing to think that after a successful fiscal year, an organization would actually make it easier on the wallet to view and attend thier sporting events. The sanctioning bodies of Boxing should be taking some serious noteds on how to not only run an event, but promote it to the masses. UFC is catching up, BIG TIME!
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I heard ufc are trying to do an outdoor event in Hawai that
would break this record.
No it wouldn’t
why not?