Adding to this site's archived cases of
UFC pay per view event piracy prosecutions, reasons for judgement were released recently by the US District Court, ED California, rejecting a claim for $ 110,000 in damages but instead awarding $ 4,750 in total damages.
Not exact matches
Various parties stand to profit quite a bit from Saturday's fight, from CBS» Showtime (the U.S.
pay -
per -
view provider) to
UFC (aka Ultimate Fighting Championship, McGregor is the organization's current champ, and
UFC is one of streaming rights holders for Saturday's match to international broadcasters like the U.K.'s Sky Sports.
Gate proceeds were $ 11.5 million — a
UFC (and Rogers Centre) record — while an estimated 200,000 to 250,000 Canadians
paid between $ 50 and $ 60 for the
pay -
per -
view package and roughly 2,000 bars and restaurants bought license fees to screen the event.
The online retailer and (increasingly) video company has reportedly signed a deal with
UFC to sell
pay -
per -
view packages for upcoming fights, starting with this weekend's
UFC 222.
Pay -
per -
view is the
UFC's golden goose, and the main reason the company remains the only major player in the global MMA business.
The
pay -
per -
view main card begins at 10 p.m. ET and can be purchased from the
UFC directly at
UFC.TV or their YouTube channel.
Saturday's action begins at 6:30 p.m. ET with the
UFC Fight Pass prelims, continues at 8 p.m. with the FS1 prelims broadcast (live streaming via Fox Sports GO) and concludes with the
pay -
per -
view main card at 10 p.m. ET.
In January, Mayweather declined
UFC president Dana White's offer of $ 25 million plus negotiated
pay -
per -
view percentage.
The
pay -
per -
view main card is set to begin at 10 p.m. ET, with live streaming via the
UFC directly.
Imagine
UFC telling Bruce Buffer to step aside during the biggest match of a
pay -
per -
view so someone else could be the ring announcer?
Saturday's action begins at 7:30 p.m. ET with the
UFC Fight Pass prelims, continues at 8 p.m. with the Fox Sports 1 prelims broadcast (live streaming via Fox Sports GO) and concludes with the
pay -
per -
view main card at 10 p.m..
Rousey's on - air WWE signing took place at the Elimination Chamber
pay per view in Las Vegas, the unofficial home of the
UFC, and multiple fighters — including Daniel Cormier, Cain Velasquez, and Rousey's husband Travis Browne — were in attendance for the WWE show.
UFC on Fox 3 VS Jim Miller: As you stated above, the ratings back then was still much better than many Fox cards to date, despite facing competition from Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Miguel Cotto boxing
pay -
per -
view event.
It's a
pay -
per -
view card, with
UFC Fight Pass prelims streaming from 6:30 p.m. ET to 8 p.m..
In any combat sport (Boxing being the best example) it is only the really well known fighters that have the ability to draw crowds into an arena and sell
pay -
per -
views that get
paid the big bucks which you are beginning to see happen in the
UFC as well (Conor being the prime example).
The sport has for several years had a major
pay -
per -
view cable TV presence, with
UFC's owners, the Las Vegas - based Fertitta brothers, estimating viewership of up to 40 million people for the largest matches.
According to a
UFC official, more than 500,000
pay -
per -
view buys are expected across the entire state this year.
Saturday's showdown was available to watch on
pay -
per -
view in 200 countries, with viewers in the United States charged up to $ 99.95 to see Mayweather extend his record to 50 - 0 against the
UFC star.
The
pay -
per -
view event in question was
UFC 218, which featured Justin Willis battling Allen Crowder.
For those who don't know, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has built an empire partly out of these $ 40 - $ 50
pay per view events - as revealed recently: «By 2007,
UFC was, according to Forbes, generating about $ 250 million and about 90 percent of all mixed - martial - arts revenue [in
pay per view fights].»
$ 6.99 PS4 / PS3 / Vita Q * Bert Rebooted [3 - way cross-buy] $ 44.99 PS4 / PS3
UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum [
pay -
per -
view event, viewable on
One way
UFC promoted their last
Pay -
Per -
View was to use the video game to show off the fights that were scheduled to be on the card.
For starters, the music is primarily that hardcore metal which totally immerses you into the game and something you hear in nearly all
pay per view UFC events.
In career mode, live action footage of various
UFC stars along with commentary by the
UFC's Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan achieves the desired
pay -
per -
view event feel.
In my continued efforts documenting prosecutions following alleged
Pay Per View piracy, reasons for judgement were released this week by the United States District Court, N.D. California, assessing damages following piracy of
UFC 155.
The actual site in question is the
pay -
per -
view website for
UFC (
ufc.tv.site) that streams mixed martial arts matches.