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LAS VEGAS – Saturday’s “UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit” event drew a reported
10,040 attendees and generated a live gate of $2.3 million.

UFC president Dana White revealed the figures at the evening’s post-event press conference, which MMAjunkie.com attended.

Featuring an interim welterweight title contest between former WEC
titleholder Carlos Condit and former Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz, UFC
143 marked the company’s first 2012 event in Las Vegas.



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FUEL TV’s preliminary-card broadcast for this past weekend’s UFC on FOX 2 event drew a 0.35 household rating and an average of 144,000 viewers.

MMAjunkie.com confirmed the ratings information with industry sources.

The ratings were similar to those for this past month’s UFC on FX 1 card, in which FUEL TV drew 148,000 viewers for the night’s preliminary card.



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This past weekend’s UFC on FOX 2 event at Chicago’s sold-out United Center officially drew an attendance of 16,963 and a live gate of $1,270,960.

Of the 16,963 attendees, only 1,091 (6.4 percent) received free/complimentary tickets.

MMAjunkie.com today obtained the figures from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.



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LAS VEGAS – Saturday’s UFC on FOX 2 event drew an announced attendance of 17,425 and a live gate of $1.2 million.

UFC representative Ant Evans announced the figures in the night’s
post-event press conference, which MMAjunkie.com
attended.

UFC on FOX 2 took place at United Center in Chicago and featured former
light heavyweight champ Rashad Evans earning a one-sided
unanimous-decision win over Phil Davis in the network-television
headliner.



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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Friday’s UFC on FX 1 event drew an announced attendance of 7,728 and a live gate of $334,860.

MMAjunkie.com learned of the figures during the event’s post-fight press conference at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

The Tennessee Athletic Commission will release official tallies in the coming weeks.



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The third episode of the UFC’s new weekly news show, “UFC Tonight,” drew
a series-record 61,000 viewers to the FOX-owned FUEL TV.

MMAjunkie.com recently learned of the figures through an industry source.

The new benchmark is more than the previous two episodes’ viewership
combined and also marks a 281 percent increase in viewership from the
same timeslot in the previous year, according to FUEL TV officials.



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Strikeforce “Rockhold vs. Jardine” earned a live gate of $68,805 and was attended by 1,992 spectators, the Nevada State Athletic Commission announced Wednesday.

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Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine” officially drew 1,992 attendees for a $68,805 live gate.

Nevada State Athletic Commission officials today emailed the figures to MMAjunkie.com.

Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine” took place Jan. 7 at The Joint at
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The night’s five-fight main
card aired on Showtime, and four preliminary bouts aired on Showtime
Extreme.



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The Nevada State Athletic Commission has appointed Steve Mazzagatti to referee the interim welterweight title clash between Nick Diaz on Carlos Condit on Feb. 4.

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The second episode of the UFC’s new weekly news show, “UFC Tonight,” averaged 20,000 viewers on the FOX-owned FUEL TV.

MMAjunkie.com confirmed Tuesday’s (Jan. 10′s) ratings with an industry source.

The Jan. 3 series debut of “UFC Tonight” scored 39,000 viewers, though UFC and FUEL TV officials caution that the entire cable channel is still a work in progress.



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