Issue 133
October 2015
In a year when boxing king Floyd Mayweather exposed himself to mainstream sports fans around the world as a defensive technician who puts safety first to win at all costs, Conor McGregor trumped him in the excitement stakes by talking the talk, then walking the walk to KO Chad Mendes and claim the interim featherweight championship in thrilling fashion at UFC 189.
The brash Irishman is the hottest property the UFC has seen since Brock Lesnar, and his current trajectory suggests it won’t be long before he’s generating pay-per-view numbers that are even greater than the former heavyweight champion. The stats don’t lie...
‘The Notorious’ is the biggest UFC superstar since Brock Lesnar – and here’s the fight figures to prove it
$250,000
The amount Conor has picked up in UFC performance bonuses alone – five from six fights
3.162 million
The peak viewership for his UFC Fight Night 59 match against Denis Siver – a Fox Sports record for a Sunday night broadcast
10 million
The number of Twitter impressions #UFC189 hit on fight night*
$7.2 million
Record gate revenue from the MGM Grand Garden Arena at UFC 189
16,019
The attendance for
UFC 189, a record for the Octagon in Las Vegas
1 million
The pay-per-view buy rate for UFC 189 in the US**
$500
The average cost of a ticket for UFC 189 on the secondary market – a record for UFC in Las Vegas
$500,000
Paid to both Conor McGregor and Chad Mendes in UFC 189 appearance money
22
Conor will coach opposite Urijah Faber on season
22 of The Ultimate Fighter, pitching the USA vs. Europe
#1 at 145lb
MMA analysts FightMetric have Conor dominating three categories in UFC featherweight history – after just six fights
6:28
His average fight time in the Octagon
5.44
The number of significant strikes landed per minute
2.08
His average knockdown rate per 15 minutes of fighting
