For those who have just been absolutely eager to know how many pay-per-view buys the Bare Knuckle FC event headlined by Paulie Malignaggi and Artem Lobov did, you have a partial answer.
MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer has got the estimates for the television component of the BKFC 6 PPV, and unsurprisingly it’s not a very high total despite all of the fanfare concerning the main event.
Based on industry estimates, the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships look to have done in the range of 18,000 buys on traditional television pay-per-view. Digital numbers for FITE TV are unavailable, but it is extremely rare that a pay-per-view event that airs on television does nearly the same number on digital.