UFC 229 breaks pay-per-view sales record, says website

C. McGregor and K. Nurmagomedov broke the record. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram UFC

Ultimate president Dana White's predictions for UFC 229 pay-per-view sales ended up being confirmed. The confrontation between Khabib Nurmagomedov e Conor McGregor for the lightweight title he broke the sales record. The North American website MMA Fighting estimates that around 2,4 million packages were sold.

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“We didn’t make three million. But it's so hard to break two million in (combat sports). Even (Mike) Tyson – (Evander) Holyfield was at 1,995 (million). Things like that didn't break two million. We have more than two million, so I'm happy,” said White in an interview with the North American website TMZ Sports.

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According to numbers reported by the North American website, 1,9 million were traded on traditional pay-per-view and 470.000 to 480.000 via streaming (on the internet). Thus, the duel between the arch-rivals surpassed the precedent of 1,5 million at UFC 202, on August 20, 2016. On that occasion, 'Notorious' faced Nate diaz for the second time.

Thus, McGregor holds the three biggest pay-per-view programs in the organization. The two clashes with Diaz and now the duel with Khabib. In fourth place, UFC 100 made 1,3 million purchases. The main fight was carried out by Brock Lesnar e Frank mir.

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The official numbers have not yet been released by the UFC.