MMA has gone mainstream and the media is just now waking up to the craze. They don’t quite understand so they use known sports organizations (boxing and professional wrestling) to try and get their brains around this wildly popular sport of mixed martial arts.
The Associated Press is no different. They recently ran an article detailing the PPV revenue streams of boxing, WWE, and MMA. It’s a quick and interesting read but the gist of it is that the UFC made over 200+ million last year in PPV buys, WWE made around 200 million, and HBO only made 177 million. WWE tries to explain it off, “Rochester said it’s not ready to concede the PPV title yet. While UFC had one good year, he said, WWE has generated more than $2 billion in total PPV buys over a 22-year stretch.” Read the rest of the article here.