Bloody Elbow · Oct 9, 2018
Dana White: UFC 229 did ‘way over 2 million’ pay-per-view buys
UFC 229 was dubbed “the biggest event in UFC history,” with Conor McGregor returning to action against lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Last Tuesday, Dana White was saying that the pay-per-view was trending close to three million buys, and by Friday he even suggested this had a chance of eclipsing the 4.4 million buys from McGregor’s boxing match against Floyd Mayweather.
Well a little over two days after the blockbuster card, and the post-fight fracas instigated by Nurmagomedov when he went after Dillon Danis, White is thrilled with the early PPV returns so far, even if the 3 million mark apparently wasn’t achieved.