UFC 120 Nets 17,133 Spectators
Mike Whitman Oct 16, 2010
Plenty of U.K. fans showed up Saturday night to watch hometown hero
Michael
Bisping defeat Yoshihiro
Akiyama in the main event of UFC
120 at the O2 Arena in London. So many, in fact that the event
has reportedly set a European attendance record for the
organization.
Relayed by UFC president Dana White at the post-fight press conference, the show netted 17,133 spectators, making it the ninth-most attended UFC event in the promotion's history.
The event also brought in £1.6 million (roughly $2.56 million), a modest decline from the UFC's first trip to the O2 Arena in 2007, UFC 75. That show pulled down a European record $2.7 million. It should be noted that, unlike in the United States, there is no local English athletic commission to verify these numbers.
Though the number of compensated tickets was not mentioned, simple division may be used to calculate the average price per ticket, which came to £93.39 ($149.85).
Outside of Bisping's unanimous decision victory in the main event, British fans had little to cheer during the televised portion of the card. Former welterweight title challenger Dan Hardy was knocked cold by a Carlos Condit left hook late in the first round, and previously-unbeaten prospect John Hathaway was soundly out-wrestled by veteran Mike Pyle en route to a unanimous decision defeat.
Relayed by UFC president Dana White at the post-fight press conference, the show netted 17,133 spectators, making it the ninth-most attended UFC event in the promotion's history.
The event also brought in £1.6 million (roughly $2.56 million), a modest decline from the UFC's first trip to the O2 Arena in 2007, UFC 75. That show pulled down a European record $2.7 million. It should be noted that, unlike in the United States, there is no local English athletic commission to verify these numbers.
Though the number of compensated tickets was not mentioned, simple division may be used to calculate the average price per ticket, which came to £93.39 ($149.85).
Outside of Bisping's unanimous decision victory in the main event, British fans had little to cheer during the televised portion of the card. Former welterweight title challenger Dan Hardy was knocked cold by a Carlos Condit left hook late in the first round, and previously-unbeaten prospect John Hathaway was soundly out-wrestled by veteran Mike Pyle en route to a unanimous decision defeat.
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