http://mmajunkie.com This past month’s UFC 137 event officially drew a 10,313 attendance figure and a $3,900,650 live gate.
UFC 137 took place Oct. 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas with a Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn pay-per-view headliner.
Of the 21 events the UFC has held to date at the Sin City venue, the gate figure ranks third all time.
Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today emailed the officials figures to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
Of the 10,313 attendees, 8,179 paid for tickets, and 2,134 received complimentary admission. Additionally, 409 tickets went unsold, though UFC officials announced the show as a sellout. That produces an average paid ticket price of $476.91.
In addition to the actual event, Mandalay Bay hosted a closed-circuit feed of UFC 137. The event drew 723 attendees (523 paid) for a gate of $26,150.
The Mandalay Bay Events Center’s all-time top UFC gates as compiled by MMAjunkie.com include:
- UFC 100 (Lesnar vs. Mir II): $5,128,490 gate (10,871 attendance)
- UFC 79 (St-Pierre vs. Hughes III): $4,994,000 (11,075)
- UFC 137 (Penn vs. Diaz): $3,900,650 (10,313)
- UFC 126 (Silva vs. Belfort): $3,600,000 (10,893)
- UFC 57 (Liddell vs. Couture III): $3,382,400 (11,000)
UFC 137 initially was expected to feature a headliner between UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and Diaz. However, Diaz was pulled from the card when he no-showed a pair of pre-event press conference, and he ultimately was booked for the event’s co-headliner against Penn. But when St-Pierre suffered a knee injury and was forced out of a fight with replacement Carlos Condit, Diaz returned to the main-event slot and scored a unanimous-decision victory. He now meets St-Pierre in a February title fight.
For full coverage of UFC 137, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.
(Pictured: Nick Diaz)
