PPV buyrates per defending champion

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?


One thing for sure from the looks of this chart is brawk is the king of kings.
 
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."
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Wouldn't an average be better for comparison purposes?
 
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."
Who the fook is that guy?
 
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?
Who gives a shit about ppv buys outside of wme?


I only got into this thread to tell you how big of a nerd you are.
 
Who gives a shit about ppv buys outside of wme?


I only got into this thread to tell you how big of a nerd you are.

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This is a list of pay per view buy rates per defending champion.

Thank you for the work. Don't listen to the haters. There are a lot of stupid people on Sherdog that woud rather see the same thread for a 10th time. They can't appreciate when someone as something new to bring and when that person has actually done work to collect data.
 
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."

That's not a lie, he said exactly what this was about.

Statistics when done right are never lies. But they can be used to create lies. The problem is that too many people are too dumb/lazy to understand what the stat is saying and to look beyond it. so they get manipulated. To blame the stat is wrong.

And Mark Twain took that from someone else.
 
It stands out that it doesn't make any sense.
 
It makes sense it an odd way. You are never fighting as just the Champ. You are either defending your belt, or aquiring a belt.
 
GSP Co-Mained to the unification bout at HW. With Lesnar vs Mir II, at 100.

That was a great card at time, imo.
 
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."
lol... This ^

07/11/15 UFC 189 McGregor vs Mendes - 825,000
12/12/15 UFC 194 Aldo vs McGregor - 1,025,000
03/05/16 UFC 196 McGregor vs Diaz - 1,317,000
08/20/16 UFC 202 McGregor vs. Diaz 2 - 1,650,000
11/12/16 UFC 205 McGreor vs. Alverez - 1,300,000

6,117,000

McGregor/Mayweather
4,400,000 domestic buys Plus

1,100,000 UK buys
 
I hate math. This shit gave me a headache with all those numbers
 
Some casual ass fans missed out watching Robbie fucking Lawler!!!!, one of the most well rounded and exciting fighters in history!

very true, he brings it every single fight hes in! ill always be a fan of his and maybe thats why i hate tyron so much because he beat robbie
 
It makes sense it an odd way. You are never fighting as just the Champ. You are either defending your belt, or aquiring a belt.

You can also headline PPV's without the belt on line e.g. Rashad Vs Rampage was a headliner that did over a million buys but since there was no belt on the line it doesn't count towards these stats so I think this thread is stupid.

It should be PPV draw for any headlining bout not just if a title was on the line, that's a better gauge of star power.
 
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