Stop lying shill. They did less than 100K in the US. The PPV did more than 200K on DAZN alone and that doesn't even cover the UK. That's with virtually no hype as everyone thought this was a squash match. They were all looking forward to the fight with Usyk.
Now that Ngannou did so well vs Fury and AJ looked impressive vs Wallin there's tons of buzz around this fight. The PPVs will be significantly better in Europe and the UK. As others have said, at least 1.5 million – 2 million. They'll still be low in the US as it is on a Friday afternoon there but that doesn't matter. The Saudis goal is not PPV numbers. Their goal is the buzz. The number of mentions of the fight and Saudi Arabia. It's PR.
They are paying him what it takes to make this fight. A fight that is creating the buzz they want. That's their metric, not PPV buys.