UFC 63 "Hughes vs. Penn" Date of event: September 23rd, 2006. Location of event: Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California Official Attendance: 12,604 Paid Attendance: 9,343 paid Live Gate: $1,582,370 Fighter Payouts: Tyson Griffin ($14,000) def. David Lee ($2,000) Jorge Gurgel ($10,000) def. Danny Abbadi ($5,000) Eddie Sanchez ($4,000) def. Mario Neto ($3,000) Roger Huerta ($6,000) def. Jason Dent ($3,000) Joe Lauzon ($6,000) def. Jens Pulver ($30,000) Rashad Evans ($24,000) def. Jason Lambert ($9,000) Mike Swick ($14,000) def. David Loiseau ($9,000) Melvin Guillard ($10,000) def. Gabe Ruediger ($3,000) Matt Hughes ($130,000) def. B.J. Penn ($50,000) Total fighter payout (not included bonuses mentioned above): $332,000
the ppv numbers arnt normally in these..which is insane....320k payout for fighters...1.5 mil through the gate alone....dosent quite sound fair
They scored over 500,000 PPV buys. Seems like somebody is taking more than his fair share. The fighters are being fucked over.:nixweiss: