10 Highest Selling UFC PPVs Of All Time

By Sam Heard /

3. UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 2 €“ 1,100,000 Buys

MGM Grand Garden Arena. Las Vegas, Nevada. December 28, 2013Attendance: 15,650 Gate: $6,238,792.50 UFC 168 had so many areas of intrigue that it was always going to have a high PPV buyrate which would match UFC 158: St-Pierre Vs. Diaz and beat it on the live-gate sales. For the first time since 2006 we would see Anderson Silva going into a fight as the non-champion, going against the man who had stunned the world with a second round KO of Anderson at UFC 162. Many believed that Anderson€™s clowning-around in the fight had given Weidman the opening to land the right hand that sent him down to the mat and, if the Spider focused, it would be a very different fight. The event also featured a rematch between bitter rivals Ronda Rousey €“ the womans bantamweight champion €“ and former Strikefore-champ Miesha Tate. Tragically the 15,650 in attendance and the 1,100,000 watching via PPV were horrified when Anderson Silva suffered a stomach-churning leg break in the second round of the main event, forcing the action to come to an abrupt halt. Though Weidman still didn€™t have the definitive win over Anderson which he wanted to validate his status as champion, he had comfortably been beating Silva until he sustained the injury. The Rousey-Tate bout was rather more entertaining €“ Tate was able to take Ronda out of the first round for the first time in her career but eventually succumbed to that incredible armbar in the third round.