Mayweather-McGregor Expected to Come in at 4.4 Million PPV Buys

[Ruthless-RKO]

BS.com has learned that Mayweather-McGregor is expected to have generated approximately 4.4 million domestic pay-per-view buys and that an official announcement could be made as soon as this week.

That would mean that the highly publicized spectacle between boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC superstar Conor McGregor, while wildly successful financially, didn’t break the pay-per-view record for combat sports. Mayweather’s maligned win against Manny Pacquiao still owns that distinction.

Piracy, particularly through the emergence of Facebook Live streams, impacted the Mayweather-McGregor buy rate, just as it affected Mayweather-Pacquiao. Both events cost just under $100 to watch in HD if purchased through traditional cable or satellite providers.

The announcement on Mayweather-McGregor pay-per-view buys has been delayed because organizers of the event have been waiting for the last few cable companies to provide buy rates.

Earlier this month, however, Showtime Sports’ Stephen Espinoza told the Los Angeles Times that Mayweather-McGregor was “a massive success” as a pay-per-view event. Espinoza also said Mayweather-McGregor would come “very, very close” to eclipsing the Mayweather-Pacquiao record.

Mayweather-Pacquiao generated more than $600 million in overall revenue, including a live gate of nearly $72.2 million at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, also a record for combat sports. Mayweather-McGregor, which produced a live gate of approximately $55.4 million, still could surpass the overall Mayweather-Pacquiao revenue figure because of international pay-per-view earnings and other profits.

[Best Coast]

Sounds accurate and it is the same amount Showtime estimated shortly after the fight. The 6 million that Dana White claimed only fooled those who arent familiar with his hype and boasts. This is the same guy who got Sports Illustrated magazine to put Ronda Rousey on the cover as "The Most Dominant Athlete in the World". (Most likely paid SI big $$$ for that nonsense.)

[Enlightened-One]

Sounds accurate and it is the same amount Showtime estimated shortly after the fight. The 6 million that Dana White claimed only fooled those who arent familiar with his hype and boasts. This is the same guy who got Sports Illustrated magazine to put Ronda Rousey on the cover as "The Most Dominant Athlete in the World". (Most likely paid SI big $$$ for that nonsense.)

Mayweather-McGregor broke the UK Sky Box Office record of 1.2m buys achieved by the Mayweather-Hatton fight. MayMac was also covered by PPV in the Middle East and other countries.

Add them all up and the total is likely to exceed 6m, which would be close to Dana White's original claims.

Do you care to verify what I've said?

[Kalan]

I said all along that this was another Snake River Canyon Motorcycle Jump and it was promoted the same way... More a circus than a contest..

I expected Mayweather to be much more dominant early and land jabs and right hands freely... If McGregor actually did the kind of roadwork boxers should do he wouldn't have gotten so tired... There is no reason to get tired when you can cover 5 miles in 30 minutes and recover your wind quickly... You get a minute's rest for every 3 minutes of action in Boxing.. so you should be able to go 12 rounds at a strong pace if you have any skills -- and McGregor has some basic skills.. He doesn't work well inside with gloves on, so he was burning a lot of nervous energy.. That saps you too.

What he lacks is conditioning, a stance, and his footwork is a little messed up.. His defense sucks. He has his head in the air and doesn't duck or slip under punches well, though he's fast and has the reflexes for it.. These are skills that can be learned fairly quickly with a great Boxing coach so he should keep boxing.

[Best Coast]

Sounds accurate and it is the same amount Showtime estimated shortly after the fight. The 6 million that Dana White claimed only fooled those who arent familiar with his hype and boasts. This is the same guy who got Sports Illustrated magazine to put Ronda Rousey on the cover as "The Most Dominant Athlete in the World". (Most likely paid SI big $$$ for that nonsense.)

Mayweather-McGregor broke the UK Sky Box Office record of 1.2m buys achieved by the Mayweather-Hatton fight. MayMac was also covered by PPV in the Middle East and other countries.

Add them all up and the total is likely to exceed 6m, which would be close to Dana White's original claims.

Do you care to verify what I've said?

I'm not sure Dana was talking about international numbers. Maybe he was and you can feel free look it up if it means that much to you, but it doesnt change the fact that Dana White is a legendary Master of Hype and never lets the truth get in the way of his hype (the Rousey scam being just one example).

If Dana happens to be a personal hero of yours, sorry if I "offended" you...

[Enlightened-One]

Sounds accurate and it is the same amount Showtime estimated shortly after the fight. The 6 million that Dana White claimed only fooled those who arent familiar with his hype and boasts. This is the same guy who got Sports Illustrated magazine to put Ronda Rousey on the cover as "The Most Dominant Athlete in the World". (Most likely paid SI big $$$ for that nonsense.)

Mayweather-McGregor broke the UK Sky Box Office record of 1.2m buys achieved by the Mayweather-Hatton fight. MayMac was also covered by PPV in the Middle East and other countries.

Add them all up and the total is likely to exceed 6m, which would be close to Dana White's original claims.

Do you care to verify what I've said?

I'm not sure Dana was talking about international numbers. Maybe he was and you can feel free look it up if it means that much to you, but it doesnt change the fact that Dana White is a legendary Master of Hype and never lets the truth get in the way of his hype (the Rousey scam being just one example).

If Dana happens to be a personal hero of yours, sorry if I "offended" you...

I was the first to post the Tweet to this forum that contained the video of Dana White making his prediction.

And I don't know enough about him to say whether I like him or not, but I won't disparage him without reason.

[Best Coast]

Mayweather-McGregor broke the UK Sky Box Office record of 1.2m buys achieved by the Mayweather-Hatton fight. MayMac was also covered by PPV in the Middle East and other countries.

Add them all up and the total is likely to exceed 6m, which would be close to Dana White's original claims.

Do you care to verify what I've said?

I'm not sure Dana was talking about international numbers. Maybe he was and you can feel free look it up if it means that much to you, but it doesnt change the fact that Dana White is a legendary Master of Hype and never lets the truth get in the way of his hype (the Rousey scam being just one example).

If Dana happens to be a personal hero of yours, sorry if I "offended" you...

I was the first to post the Tweet to this forum that contained the video of Dana White making his prediction.

And I don't know enough about him to say whether I like him or not, but I won't disparage him without reason.

I actually dont dislike Dana. He's done good things with UFC. But anyone who has followed his statements over the years know that much of what a hypemeister like him (and most boxing promoters) say must be taken "with a grain of salt".

[Grant]

I think 6 million world wide is quite accurate.

[Best Coast]

I think 6 million world wide is quite accurate.

Anyone know what Mayweather-Pacquiao did world wide?

[Enlightened-One]

I think 6 million world wide is quite accurate.

Anyone know what Mayweather-Pacquiao did world wide?

Mayweather-Pacquiao did about 1m PPV buys in the UK, slightly less than MayMac.

I don't know about the other territories though.

I'd hazard a guess that the total global PPV buys for Mayweather-Pacquiao was also close to the 6m mark.

That being said, as the old saying goes... "turnover is vanity, profit is sanity"... so I feel the quantity of buys is not important. It's the amount of revenue and profit that is key.

So it's entirely possible that MayMac may have fewer PPV buys than MayPac, but the former may have actually generated more money (or vice versa).