PPV buyrates per defending champion

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This is a list of pay per view buy rates per defending champion. This cumulative, so all their headlined pay per views were added together. Champions did not get credit if it was not the main event. Of course, sometimes the champion wasn't the attraction, but they get credit nonetheless. This spans from UFC 33 through 217.

Georges St-Pierre -6,550,000
Jon Jones – 4,140,000
Anderson Silva – 4,085,000
Brock Lesnar – 3,810,000
Ronda Rousey – 3,400,000
Chuck Liddell – 2,750,000
Randy Couture – 2,010,000
Jose Aldo – 1,950,000
BJ Penn – 1,945,000
Chris Weidman – 1,560,000
Daniel Cormier – 1,410,000
Frankie Edgar – 1,345,000
Tim Sylvia – 1,315,000
Eddie Alvarez – 1,300,000
Lyoto Machida – 1,200,000
Amanda Nunes – 1,200,000
Michael Bisping – 1,165,000
Junior dos Santos – 1,150,000
Matt Hughes – 1,020,000
Cain Velasquez – 1,010,000
Miesha Tate – 1,009,000
Forrest Griffin – 1,000,000
Rich Franklin – 800,000
Stipe Miocic – 750,000
Rashad Evans – 635,000
Demetrious Johnson – 560,000
Robbie Lawler – 540,000
Quinton Jackson – 540,000
Matt Serra – 530,000
Mauricio Rua – 490,000
Benson Henderson – 470,000
Renan Barao – 445,000
Johny Hendricks – 400,000
Luke Rockhold – 320,000
Dominick Cruz – 320,000
Anthony Pettis – 310,000
Tito Ortiz – 269,000
Fabricio Werdum – 217,000
Andrei Arlovski – 215,000
Tyron Woodley – 200,000
TJ Dillashaw – 125,000
Vitor Belfort – 80,000
Ricco Rodriguez – 60,000
Murilo Bustamante – 50,000
Jens Pulver – 35,000
Frank Mir 0 (Never defended)
Evan Tanner 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Robert Whittaker 0 (Never Defended)
Sean Sherk 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Rafael Dos Anjos 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Conor McGregor 0 (Never defended)
Max Holloway 0 (Numbers not in yet)
Cody Garbrandt 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Holly Holm 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Germaine De Randamie 0 (Never defended)
Cris Cyborg 0 (Never defended)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Nicco Montano 0 (Never defended)

So what say you, sherdog? Anything stand out?
 
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sdpdude9 said:
This is a list of pay per view buy rates per defending champion. This cumulative, so all their headlined pay per views were added together. Champions did not get credit if it was not the main event. Of course, sometimes the champion wasn't the attraction, but they get credit nonetheless. This spans from UFC 33 through 217.

Georges St-Pierre -6,550,000
Jon Jones – 4,140,000
Anderson Silva – 4,085,000
Brock Lesnar – 3,810,000
Ronda Rousey – 3,400,000
Chuck Liddell – 2,750,000
Randy Couture – 2,010,000
Jose Aldo – 1,950,000
BJ Penn – 1,945,000
Chris Weidman – 1,560,000
Daniel Cormier – 1,410,000
Frankie Edgar – 1,345,000
Tim Sylvia – 1,315,000
Eddie Alvarez – 1,300,000
Lyoto Machida – 1,200,000
Amanda Nunes – 1,200,000
Michael Bisping – 1,165,000
Junior dos Santos – 1,150,000
Matt Hughes – 1,020,000
Cain Velasquez – 1,010,000
Miesha Tate – 1,009,000
Forrest Griffin – 1,000,000
Rich Franklin – 800,000
Stipe Miocic – 750,000
Rashad Evans – 635,000
Demetrious Johnson – 560,000
Robbie Lawler – 540,000
Quinton Jackson – 540,000
Matt Serra – 530,000
Mauricio Rua – 490,000
Benson Henderson – 470,000
Renan Barao – 445,000
Johny Hendricks – 400,000
Luke Rockhold – 320,000
Dominick Cruz – 320,000
Anthony Pettis – 310,000
Tito Ortiz – 269,000
Fabricio Werdum – 217,000
Andrei Arlovski – 215,000
Tyron Woodley – 200,000
TJ Dillashaw – 125,000
Vitor Belfort – 80,000
Ricco Rodriguez – 60,000
Murilo Bustamante – 50,000
Jens Pulver – 35,000
Frank Mir 0 (Never defended)
Evan Tanner 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Robert Whittaker 0 (Never Defended)
Sean Sherk 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Rafael Dos Anjos 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Conor McGregor 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Max Holloway 0 (Numbers not in yet)
Cody Garbrandt 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Holly Holm 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Germaine De Randamie 0 (Never defended)
Cris Cyborg 0 (Never defended)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Nicco Montano 0 (Never defended)

So what say you, sherdog? Anything stand out?
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Wtf
 
Still Conor > all of them

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Your post is obviously biased against Conor. Why not just be less biased and post PPV buyrates of all main event fighters? "Defending champions" is a silly criteria.
 
This just proves you can spin one hell of a bullshit story by framing your statistics correctly.

Mark Twain once said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
 
Alpha_T83 said:
Your post is obviously biased against Conor. Why not just be less biased and post PPV buyrates of all main event fighters? "Defending champions" is a silly criteria.
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Because it's a lot more work. Not a Conor hate thread, we know he'd be at the top.
 
Drop everybody who is out of the UFC, retired, currently suspended or less than 500,00 PPV buys

Georges St-Pierre -6,550,000

Jose Aldo – 1,950,000
BJ Penn – 1,945,000
Chris Weidman – 1,560,000
Daniel Cormier – 1,410,000
Frankie Edgar – 1,345,000
Eddie Alvarez – 1,300,000
Amanda Nunes – 1,200,000
Michael Bisping – 1,165,000
Junior dos Santos – 1,150,000
Cain Velasquez – 1,010,000
Stipe Miocic – 750,000
Rashad Evans – 635,000
Demetrious Johnson – 560,000
Robbie Lawler – 540,000

I only see four current champions.

Courmier
Nunes
Miocic
DJ

Not good

The heavier weight classes are well represented

HW - Miocic, Velasquez, dos Santos
LHW - Courmier, Evans
MW = Weidman. Bisping

There's only one woman, but it's the right one

Nunes

I would say that the wider audience wants to see the bigger fighters, even if the hard core appreciates the smaller ones.
 
sdpdude9 said:
This is a list of pay per view buy rates per defending champion. This cumulative, so all their headlined pay per views were added together. Champions did not get credit if it was not the main event. Of course, sometimes the champion wasn't the attraction, but they get credit nonetheless. This spans from UFC 33 through 217.

Georges St-Pierre -6,550,000
Jon Jones – 4,140,000
Anderson Silva – 4,085,000
Brock Lesnar – 3,810,000
Ronda Rousey – 3,400,000
Chuck Liddell – 2,750,000
Randy Couture – 2,010,000
Jose Aldo – 1,950,000
BJ Penn – 1,945,000
Chris Weidman – 1,560,000
Daniel Cormier – 1,410,000
Frankie Edgar – 1,345,000
Tim Sylvia – 1,315,000
Eddie Alvarez – 1,300,000
Lyoto Machida – 1,200,000
Amanda Nunes – 1,200,000
Michael Bisping – 1,165,000
Junior dos Santos – 1,150,000
Matt Hughes – 1,020,000
Cain Velasquez – 1,010,000
Miesha Tate – 1,009,000
Forrest Griffin – 1,000,000
Rich Franklin – 800,000
Stipe Miocic – 750,000
Rashad Evans – 635,000
Demetrious Johnson – 560,000
Robbie Lawler – 540,000
Quinton Jackson – 540,000
Matt Serra – 530,000
Mauricio Rua – 490,000
Benson Henderson – 470,000
Renan Barao – 445,000
Johny Hendricks – 400,000
Luke Rockhold – 320,000
Dominick Cruz – 320,000
Anthony Pettis – 310,000
Tito Ortiz – 269,000
Fabricio Werdum – 217,000
Andrei Arlovski – 215,000
Tyron Woodley – 200,000
TJ Dillashaw – 125,000
Vitor Belfort – 80,000
Ricco Rodriguez – 60,000
Murilo Bustamante – 50,000
Jens Pulver – 35,000
Frank Mir 0 (Never defended)
Evan Tanner 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Robert Whittaker 0 (Never Defended)
Sean Sherk 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Rafael Dos Anjos 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Conor McGregor 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Max Holloway 0 (Numbers not in yet)
Cody Garbrandt 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Holly Holm 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Germaine De Randamie 0 (Never defended)
Cris Cyborg 0 (Never defended)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Nicco Montano 0 (Never defended)

So what say you, sherdog? Anything stand out?
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Where’s bisping ?
 
sdpdude9 said:
This is a list of pay per view buy rates per defending champion. This cumulative, so all their headlined pay per views were added together. Champions did not get credit if it was not the main event. Of course, sometimes the champion wasn't the attraction, but they get credit nonetheless. This spans from UFC 33 through 217.

Georges St-Pierre -6,550,000
Jon Jones – 4,140,000
Anderson Silva – 4,085,000
Brock Lesnar – 3,810,000
Ronda Rousey – 3,400,000
Chuck Liddell – 2,750,000
Randy Couture – 2,010,000
Jose Aldo – 1,950,000
BJ Penn – 1,945,000
Chris Weidman – 1,560,000
Daniel Cormier – 1,410,000
Frankie Edgar – 1,345,000
Tim Sylvia – 1,315,000
Eddie Alvarez – 1,300,000
Lyoto Machida – 1,200,000
Amanda Nunes – 1,200,000
Michael Bisping – 1,165,000
Junior dos Santos – 1,150,000
Matt Hughes – 1,020,000
Cain Velasquez – 1,010,000
Miesha Tate – 1,009,000
Forrest Griffin – 1,000,000
Rich Franklin – 800,000
Stipe Miocic – 750,000
Rashad Evans – 635,000
Demetrious Johnson – 560,000
Robbie Lawler – 540,000
Quinton Jackson – 540,000
Matt Serra – 530,000
Mauricio Rua – 490,000
Benson Henderson – 470,000
Renan Barao – 445,000
Johny Hendricks – 400,000
Luke Rockhold – 320,000
Dominick Cruz – 320,000
Anthony Pettis – 310,000
Tito Ortiz – 269,000
Fabricio Werdum – 217,000
Andrei Arlovski – 215,000
Tyron Woodley – 200,000
TJ Dillashaw – 125,000
Vitor Belfort – 80,000
Ricco Rodriguez – 60,000
Murilo Bustamante – 50,000
Jens Pulver – 35,000
Frank Mir 0 (Never defended)
Evan Tanner 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Robert Whittaker 0 (Never Defended)
Sean Sherk 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Rafael Dos Anjos 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Conor McGregor 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Max Holloway 0 (Numbers not in yet)
Cody Garbrandt 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Holly Holm 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Germaine De Randamie 0 (Never defended)
Cris Cyborg 0 (Never defended)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Nicco Montano 0 (Never defended)

So what say you, sherdog? Anything stand out?
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intradesting considering ppv buys arent released
 
sdpdude9 said:
This is a list of pay per view buy rates per defending champion. This cumulative, so all their headlined pay per views were added together. Champions did not get credit if it was not the main event. Of course, sometimes the champion wasn't the attraction, but they get credit nonetheless. This spans from UFC 33 through 217.

Georges St-Pierre -6,550,000
Jon Jones – 4,140,000
Anderson Silva – 4,085,000
Brock Lesnar – 3,810,000
Ronda Rousey – 3,400,000
Chuck Liddell – 2,750,000
Randy Couture – 2,010,000
Jose Aldo – 1,950,000
BJ Penn – 1,945,000
Chris Weidman – 1,560,000
Daniel Cormier – 1,410,000
Frankie Edgar – 1,345,000
Tim Sylvia – 1,315,000
Eddie Alvarez – 1,300,000
Lyoto Machida – 1,200,000
Amanda Nunes – 1,200,000
Michael Bisping – 1,165,000
Junior dos Santos – 1,150,000
Matt Hughes – 1,020,000
Cain Velasquez – 1,010,000
Miesha Tate – 1,009,000
Forrest Griffin – 1,000,000
Rich Franklin – 800,000
Stipe Miocic – 750,000
Rashad Evans – 635,000
Demetrious Johnson – 560,000
Robbie Lawler – 540,000
Quinton Jackson – 540,000
Matt Serra – 530,000
Mauricio Rua – 490,000
Benson Henderson – 470,000
Renan Barao – 445,000
Johny Hendricks – 400,000
Luke Rockhold – 320,000
Dominick Cruz – 320,000
Anthony Pettis – 310,000
Tito Ortiz – 269,000
Fabricio Werdum – 217,000
Andrei Arlovski – 215,000
Tyron Woodley – 200,000
TJ Dillashaw – 125,000
Vitor Belfort – 80,000
Ricco Rodriguez – 60,000
Murilo Bustamante – 50,000
Jens Pulver – 35,000
Frank Mir 0 (Never defended)
Evan Tanner 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Robert Whittaker 0 (Never Defended)
Sean Sherk 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Rafael Dos Anjos 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Conor McGregor 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Max Holloway 0 (Numbers not in yet)
Cody Garbrandt 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Holly Holm 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Germaine De Randamie 0 (Never defended)
Cris Cyborg 0 (Never defended)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk 0 (Never PPV Main Event)
Nicco Montano 0 (Never defended)

So what say you, sherdog? Anything stand out?
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holy fuck i thought chael was blowing smoke. he was sayin the first time he had gsp on his show was by far the highest numbers hes ever seen.

Gsp brings the fuckin noise
 
Some casual ass fans missed out watching Robbie fucking Lawler!!!!, one of the most well rounded and exciting fighters in history!
 
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