The historic UFC 300: Pereira vs Hill is completed and dusted. Forward of the extremely anticipated showdown that aired stay from T-Cell Area in Las Vegas on April 13, Dana White promised “the best card ever assembled”.
In the principle occasion, Alex Pereira KO’d Jamahal Hill to retain his gentle heavyweight title. Within the co-main occasion, Weili Zhang retained her strawweight belt by determination in opposition to Yan Xiaonan. Plus, Max Holloway secured a devastating knockout in opposition to Justin Gaethje to assert the “BMF” strap.
The occasion additionally featured a lot of top-level bouts with among the most notable fighters of the present period of MMA. However, within the lead as much as the occasion, not everybody was “amazed” or obtained their “socks knocked off” by the finalized lineup.
“As we rolled into the UFC 300, the ‘MMA specialists’ weighed-in on what they considered UFC 300,” Dana White stated in a video posted on X. “And for all of the fighters that had been on this card, once I stated ‘It’s the best card ever assembled within the historical past of fight sports activities’, that is what the media considered you guys.”
The video continues with commentary from a lot of media personalities sharing their ideas on the occasion that was going to occur. Some believed it was not precisely the blockbuster conflict that was promised. Some expressed that it was “disappointing” and even “pathetic”.
The clip concludes with spotlight moments from contained in the Octagon and titles stating that UFC 300 was the:
Largest UFC occasion attendance in T-Cell Area historical past
third highest gate in UFC historical past
Most watched prelims in ESPN historical past
Highest per-capita merch gross sales in UFC historical past
3.2 million follower improve on UFC social platforms
#1 development in China for 3 straight days
Greatest social media efficiency in UFC historical past
Holloway KO #1 most preferred publish in UFC Instagram historical past
UFC 300: The Most…
As well as, this week the promotion revealed the occasion statistics. The press launch titled “UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill: The Numbers Behind the Document-Breaking Success” shares that the gate was $16.5 million, whereas the attendance at T-Cell Area was 20,067.
The viewership made it the most-watched UFC PPV prelims ever throughout ESPN platforms (ESPN+, Hulu SVOD, ESPN & ESPN Deportes mixed) and most-watched UFC PPV prelims ever on ESPN, with 1.86 million complete viewers.
It was additionally reported that the viewership on ESPN grew each half-hour from 8 pm to 10 pm ET, peaking with 2.49 million complete viewers at 9:48 pm ET main into the principle card on ESPN+ PPV at 10 pm ET. As properly, based on the press launch, UFC 300 turned to be the most-viewed sports activities occasion of Saturday throughout primetime (8 pm – 10 pm ET) on cable and community tv amongst complete viewers and key demographics, together with P18-34, P18-49, P25-54, M18-34, M18-49, M25-54, F18-34, F18-49, and F25-54.
The reported industrial PPV within the U.S., Canada and Australia seems as the next:
U.S.: Highest outcome since July 2021 (UFC 264)
Canada: Highest outcome since March 2020 (UFC 248)
Australia: Highest outcome since January 2021 (UFC 257)
Plus, as reported, film theaters within the U.S. set a report for a UFC occasion with the best variety of collaborating areas. As well as, UFC social media hit greater than 1.1 billion video views through the battle week, and Max Holloway’s knockout of Justin Gaethje that was posted throughout a number of platforms gained 213 million views.
