All this build-up to the fight really had the fans hyped. Everyone knew about the bitter rivalry between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov. Naturally, on 7 October 2018, on the day of the fight, the fans turned up. The event had a record sale of PPV buys and raked in an unprecedented $86.4 million in gross economic output. UFC 242: Khabib vs Poirier - There Can Be Only One / Live When does UFC 242 start? United States Of America. Pay-Per-View: 2pm/11am ETPT on ESPN+. Prelims: 12pm/9am ETPT on FX. Early UFC 229 is the best-selling PPV in MMA history, and it was headlined by Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov. It will be difficult for any PPV to surpass the record that the event set. Conor vs Poirier was going to be a number one contender matchup, meaning there were genuine stakes. UFC 257 has sold 1.6 million PPV buys, which would make it the second highest-selling UFC PPV of all time. It is still behind UFC 229, which featured Conor and Khabib. 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 No joke, I think that could generate close to 3 million pay-per-view buys, which would make it the highest-selling PPV in UFC history. It would be massive, and the UFC would undoubtedly explore it HOW TO WATCH OR STREAM UFC 242. UFC 242 takes place Saturday, September 7 at The Arena at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The pay-per-view card streams on ESPN+ at 2 p.m. ET. Prelims begin at 12 p.m. ET 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. aErJfu.

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