The pay-per-view bonus contract that McGregor posted showed the projected buys for UFC 246 were over 1.285 million but the collected reported buys topped 1.353 million. 100% offence. 100% defence Tony Ferguson isn’t happy with the way his UFC 254 negotiations transpired.. At multiple news conferences throughout recent months, UFC president Dana White said Ferguson (25-4 MMA, 15-2 UFC) vs. Dustin Poirier would serve as the co-main event to the UFC lightweight title unifier between champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champion Justin Gaethje on Oct. 24. Poirier has now stepped up to replace the an injured Dennis Siver and will square off against Cub Swanson in the co-main event at UFC on Fuel 7. Dustin would come up short losing a Unanimous Decision to Swanson. Poirier would get back in the win column when he faced Erik Koch at UFC 164. After surviving a triangle attempt in the first round The main card at Etihad Arena will be on ESPN+ pay-per-view starting at 2 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 10 a.m. Makhachev (24-1) has won 12 fights in a row, most recently a unanimous decision UFC 264 garnered 1.8 million PPV buys globally, which would make it the second-highest selling card in the promotion's history. As for Poirier, he earned a reported $5,121,000, which includes a Dana White did his best in trying to convince Khabib Nurmagomedov to rematch Conor McGregor. remains the company's biggest pay-per-view card. UFC 229 sold a whopping 2.4 million PPV buys as For UFC 194 in 2015, the PPV cost $59.99, with 1.2 million buys total. That generated $71 million in PPV revenue. The 16,516 attendees at the gate added a further $10 million, for a total of $81 million in revenue for the event. 8. Usman vs. Masvidal (UFC 251) — $84,487,000. White was asked about the UFC 257 pay-per-view buys at the “McGregor vs. Poirier 2” press conference earlier this week and claimed it was trending “great” but made no mention of ZFK6W.