Issue 150

January 2017
  • $40 million estimated earnings for 2016
  • 1st two-weight UFC champion
  • $350,000 cost of the Rolls Royce Ghost he was gifted in UFC 205 fight week
  • 90% Octagon fights from which he’s picked up a bonus
  • 0 title defences in his career

UFC 205: NYC

  • $17.7m ticket sales, a record for MSG and UFC. “Jesus is going to have to fight the devil to break that record” – Dana White.
  • 2.1m record viewership for Fox Sports 1 prelims.
  • $1.5m paid to New York State for 8.5% sales tax on tickets*
  • 20,247 US attendance record for UFC
  • 15,480 UFC weigh-in attendance record
  • 14 billion social media impressions, a UFC record
  • 2.4m UFC 205 preview show on Fox was the most viewed in UFC history

MAKING HISTORY IN 8 MINUTES

  • 0:00: McGregor and Eddie Alvarez touch gloves
  • 0:08: Alvarez lands inside leg kick
  • 1:01: Conor drops Alvarez with two overhand lefts
  • 1:53: Alvarez runs into a counter left and stumbles to his knees
  • 2:11: Conor lands a left straight to drop Alvarez once more
  • 3:26: McGregor stuffs a takedown attempt
  • 4:28: Alvarez lands a two-punch body combination
  • 5:30: Conor lands a face-cracking counter left.
  • 5:42: Another Alvarez takedown attempt stuffed.
  • 6:05: McGregor showboats by putting both hands behind his back.
  • 6:32: Alvarez lands an overhand right.
  • 6:39: Another right lands but a counter left from Conor drops Alvarez to a knee again.
  • 7:44: Conor breaks out of a clinch to land another popping left.
  • 8:00: A long left, right, then left and finishing right drops Alvarez onto his back.
  • 8:04: Referee John McCarthy pushes McGregor off the stricken Alvarez.

UFC STATS

  • 5.82 Significant strikes landed per minute.
  • 47% Significant striking accuracy.
  • 4.55 Significant strikes absorbed per minute
  • 57% Significant strike defense.
  • 0.92 Average takedowns landed per 15 minutes.
  • 62% Takedown accuracy.
  • 73% Takedown defense.




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