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MMA PPV buys have always been a crap shoot in terms of predicting the final numbers. 2013 sure had its share of ups and downs, too. This year proved that being a champion still doesn’t equal big numbers like in the case of UFC 163 Aldo vs. Jung. That PPV did an abysmal 170,000 buys. UFC 165 Jones. Gustafsson, did 270,000 buys and Jones is one of the UFC’s most high profile athletes.

2013 saw a total buyrate of 5,080,000 buys at roughly $44.95 a pop for a total of about $228, 346,00. Not a bad haul for a year with an unlucky number in it. With Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva II later this month expected to do close to 1,000,000 buys the UFC could pull in another $49,000,000 at a PPV price of $49. The complete list is below.

02/02/2013 UFC 156 Aldo vs Edgar 330,000
02/23/2013 UFC 157 Rousey vs Carmouche 450,000
03/16/2013 UFC 158 GSP vs Diaz 950,000
04/27/2013 UFC 159 Jones vs Sonnen 550,000
05/25/2013 UFC 160 Velasquez vs Bigfoot II 380,000
06/15/2013 UFC 161 Henderson vs Evans 150,000
07/06/2013 UFC 162 Silva vs Weidman 550,000
08/03/2013 UFC 163 Aldo vs Jung 170,000
08/31/2013 UFC 164 Henderson vs Pettis 270,000
09/21/2013 UFC 165 Jones vs Gustafsson 325,000
10/19/2013 UFC 166 Velasquez vs JDS III 330,000
11/16/2013 UFC 167 GSP vs Hendricks 625,000

Source MMAPayouts

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