This was a thread from Junbo in the FORUMS. After every( ) are my additions.....

Please lok closely. We all hear about worthy cards, but looking at the buys its another story. 100k buys are amazing too see, even 200k. Just look at the buys and the ma

WATCH THE PROGRESSION of PPV buys, and dips UFC has made with crads that arent really worth buying.........

UFC 102 - 435,000 (Couture vs. Nogueira) dropped alomst by half of 101

UFC 101 - 850,000 (A. Silva vs. Griffin) dropped by almost 900k....(Really Penn vs Florian)

UFC 100 - 1,720,000 (Lesnar vs. Mir II) - new record climbing over UFC 99 by 1.3 million buys. WTF happened?

UFC 99 - 360,000 (Franklin vs. W. Silva) and again it dropped by almost 300k

UFC 98 - 635,000 (Evans vs. Machida) 10k more

UFC 97 - 625,000 (A. Silva vs. Leites) rose up by almost 300k

UFC 96 - 350,000 (Jackson vs. Jardine) dropped again

UFC 95 - free TV (Sanchez vs. Stenveson)

UFC 94 - 800,000 (St. Pierre vs. Penn) upped by 1/2 million

UFC 93 - 320,000 (Henderson vs. Franklin) WTF happen here? dropped almost 900k

UFC 92 - 1,200,000 (Griffin vs. Evans) - new record

UFC 91 - 1,010,000 (Couture vs. Lesnar) Until this fight happened, look at the inconsistancy of buys below.......

UFC 90 - 300,000 (A. Silva vs. Cote) dropping too half what UFC 88 made

UFC 89 - free TV (Bisping vs. Leben)

UFC 88 - 640,000 (Liddell vs. Evans)

UFC 87 - 625,000 (Lesnar vs. Herring)

UFC 86 - 520,000 (Jackson vs. Griffin)

UFC 85 - 225,000 (Hughes vs. Alves) rising only too fall back

UFC 84 - 475,000 (Penn vs. Sherk)

UFC 83 - 525,000 (St. Pierre vs. Serra II)

UFC 82 - 325,000 (Silva vs. Henderson) dropped again

UFC 81 - 650,000 (Lesnar vs. Mir)....(really Sylvia vs Nogueira)

UFC 80 - 225,000 (Penn vs. Stevenson) only too drop 400k more

UFC 79 - 600,000 (Liddell vs. W. Silva) took another 8 crads to finally get 600k

UFC 78 - 400,000 (Bisping vs. Evans)

UFC 77 - 325,000 (A. Silva vs. Franklin II) too fall again by 150k within 2 crads

UFC 76 - 450,000 (Liddell vs. Jardine)

UFC 75 - free TV (Jackson vs. Henderson) Highest rating PPV cos it was free with over 5 million views........Free cards mean something

UFC 74 - 520,000 (Couture vs. Gonzaga) upped by 100k

UFC 73 - 425,000 (Ortiz vs. Evans) 200k increase

UFC 72 - 200,000 (Franklin vs. Okami) drop by 400k

UFC 71 - 675,000 (Liddell vs. Jackson) up over 1/4 million

UFC 70 - free TV (Crocop vs. Gonzaga)

UFC 69 - 400,000 (St. Pierre vs. Serra) decreased by almost 150k

UFC 68 - 540,000 (Sylvia vs. Couture) up almost 200k

UFC 67 - 350,000 (A. Silva vs. Lutter) dropped 700k........amazing drop in buys

UFC 66 - 1,050,000 (Liddell vs. Tito II) - new record PPV's finally soared into hundred thousands, but the best PPV's were still from 3 guys. Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, and tito Ortiz.

UFC 65 - 500,000 (Hughes vs. St. Pierre)

UFC 64 - 300,000 (Franklin vs. A. Silva)

UFC 63 - 700,000 (Hughes vs Penn II)......the only PPV too make it without Tito in the picture.

UFC 62 - 500,000 (Liddell vs Sobral)

UFC 61 - 775,000 (Ortiz vs Shamrock II) - new record

UFC 60 - 615,000 (Hughes vs Gracie) - new record

UFC 59 - 415,000 (Tito vs. Griffin)

UFC 58 - 290,000 (Franklin vs Loiseau)

[B]UFC 57 - 400,000 (Couture vs Liddell III) - new record[/b] Compare this to the ones undreneath.

UFC 56 -200,000 (Franklin vs. Quarry)

UFC 55 - 125,000 (Arlovski vs. Buentello)

UFC 54 - 150,000 (Liddell vs. Horn)

UFC 53 - 90,000 (Arlovski vs. Eilers)

UFC 52 - 280,000 (Couture vs Liddell II) - new record Other than this fight, all the other PPV's climbed. But never progressed til this one. Only guys that can sell a PPV are Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, and tito Ortiz

UFC 51 - 105,000 (Ortiz vs. Belfort).........Made more than Couture/Belfort. Non title fight.

UFC 50 - 40,000 (Ortiz vs. Cote)

UFC 49 - 80,000 (Couture vs. Belfort III)

UFC 48 - 110,000 (Shamrock vs. Kimo).......I was shocked with this!

UFC 47 - 104,000 (Ortiz vs. Liddell).........again Tito

UFC 46 - 77,000 (Couture vs. Belfort II)-

UFC 45 - 40,000 (Hughes vs. Trigg)

UFC 44 - 94,000 (Couture vs. Ortiz).......Tito makes PPV's

UFC 43 - 49,000 (Couture vs. Liddell)

UFC 42 - 35,000 (Hughes vs. Sherk)

UFC 41 - 60,000 (Rodriguez vs. Sylvia)

UFC 40 - 150,000 (Ortiz vs Shamrock) Beofre this fight all PPV's were under 55,000 buys. Only Tito was the big draw against Vlady at UFC 33

UFC 39 - 45,000 (Rodriguez vs. Couture)

UFC 38 - 45,000 (Hughes vs. Newton)

UFC 37 - 50,000 (Lindland vs. Bustamante)

UFC 36 - 55,000 (Barnett vs. Couture)

UFC 35 - 35,000 (Penn vs. Pulver)

UFC 34 - 60,000 (Couture vs. Rizzo)

UFC 33 - 75,000 (Ortiz vs. Matyushenko) - Return of UFC to PPV

Its amazing too see from their humble beginnings, to where they are now. But look at the inconsistancy that UFC has made. Lesser cards means stacked cards, and worth buying....