Mixed martial arts fans turned out en masse last night in Houston, Texas, for the first-ever UFC event in the Lonestar State.
In fact, approximately 15,269 spectators packed the Toyota Center and paid a collective $2.8 million to watch UFC 69, according to the Houston Chronicle.
It was well worth the price of admission — there were brawls, submissions and huge upsets.
For the sake of comparison consider these other attendance records:
- UFC 66 — $5.4 million
- UFC 57 — $3.3 million
- UFC 68 — $2.8 million
Texas is in some pretty decent company. Hopefully, it’s a signal that even bigger things are on the horizon.
All-in-all it was an entertaining evening of action from my green couch. I can’t imagine what it was like inside that arena.
For some of the best coverage of the event I encourage you to read some of the stuff Steve Seivert has over at his Brawl Sports blog.
He’s got post-event interviews and recaps that are solid.
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LETS HOPE WE CAN SEE IT IN THE BIG APPLE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS
anywhere but detroit…
what was the total purse, $100,000?
I’ll wager a guess and say the fighter purse total ( minus bonuses and contractual payouts ) was $225,000.
[quote comment="29579"]anywhere but detroit…[/quote]
I AGREE
[quote post="1743"]what was the total purse, $100,000?[/quote]
Get that information for everyone on Monday.
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[quote comment="29587"]I just wanted to pass this along to all of the regulars who post here:
http://www.groundnpound.org/top100/index.php?a=stats&u=UFCmania
I hope that works. We now belong to the ABSOLUTE #1 MMA\UFC site on the web. It’s so dominating, it’s disgusting. Great job, Tom. In little more than a year, you have taken over the web. Crocop couldnt knock you out. You are the man.[/quote]
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