Floyd Mayweather is the PPV king ...just ask the UFC
The UFC is the king of counter programming; just ask Strikeforce, the now defunct ProElite XC and Affliction, Showtime or CBS.
If one of the other promotions has a televised card, the UFC will host a Fight Night or give a re-play of a ppv card away for free on Spike. It usually is quite effective at siphoning off viewers. If you disagree just perform an autopsy on the remains of ProElite XC and Affliction. Sure, they did some very stupid things and grossly over paid their fighters but the UFC helped hold their heads under water.
I'm not crying foul. It's combat right?
But on Sept.19th the UFC may have made a tactical mis-step.
They put UFC 103 Franklin vs. Belfort up head to head against the return of boxing's cash machine, Floyd 'Money' Mayweather. The UFC ppv numbers caught a beating that was worse than the one Marquez suffered.
'Money' Mayweather sold over 1 million ppv buys...some $50+ million (also tickets to movie theaters where the fight was shown that isn't even included in that number). The UFC does not publicly disclose their ppv numbers but apparently (from the comments by Dana White) they got their butt kicked.
For some reason, the world wants to create a face-off between professional boxing and MMA. One is better than the other. One is safer or more dangerous than the other. A fan must chose one or the other but cannot be a fan of both....on and on and on.
I've never enjoyed this debate but on Sept. 19th 'Money' Mayweather certainly gave the UFC a black eye.
Posted by Johnny Benjamin MD at 10/2/2009 5:57 AM 
Categories: MMA
Tags: boxing mma UFC Floyd Mayweather
Categories: MMA
Tags: boxing mma UFC Floyd Mayweather
This is bad argument in my opinion. Floyd Mayweather's fight beat a mediocre UFC card. Your just not comparing apples to apples with these two events.
The best boxing PPV of the year beat a mediocre UFC PPV. I don't see why that is surprising. Unless you fell for the pre-fight sales hype.
Those numbers from the best boxing PPV of the year still doesn't even come close to the best UFC PPV numbers for the year.
So I think if you ask the UFC they are going to tell you Brock Lesnar might be the PPV King.
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I doubt that UFC will beat boxing. Boxing as of the moment is highly anticipated by many fans. A great fight happens only once...
Manny Pacquiao stole his title as Poun for Pound King and that PPV King will be his as well. Watch out on November 14.
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