The 57 best-selling pay-per-view fight nights in US history
Alan Dawson
- Hall of Fame boxer Floyd Mayweather has long been heralded as the sport's pay-per-view king.
- UFC athletes and YouTubers have also established themselves as US attractions in the modern era.
Buster Douglas v Evander Holyfield — 1 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Moment of Truth
Date and venue: October 25, 1990, at The Mirage in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Eight months after stunning Mike Tyson with a 10th-round knockout, Buster Douglas turned up to the Evander Holyfield fight overweight. Holyfield, a former cruiserweight champion, picked up his first heavyweight championship titles after a dominant third-round KO.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Bernard Hopkins v Oscar de la Hoya — 1 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: History
Date and venue: September 18, 2004, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Bernard Hopkins knocked Oscar de la Hoya out with a perfectly placed left hook to the liver in the ninth round.
Source: NextTV / HBO
Floyd Mayweather v Robert Guerrero — 1 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: May Day
Date and venue: May 4, 2013, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Mayweather attracted the wrath of the Vegas crowd, which booed the American's defensive-first strategy. Mayweather won a 12-round decision.
Source: The Ring
Canelo Álvarez v Julio César Chávez Jr — 1 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Civil War
Date and venue: May 6, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: It was billed as an all-Mexican fight for the ages, but only one boxer turned up on the night. Canelo Álvarez won every round en route to a comfortable 12-round decision victory over Julio César Chávez Jr.
Source: ESPN
Randy Couture v Brock Lesnar — 1.01 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 91
Date and venue: November 15, 2008, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Former WWE superstar Brock Lesnar was thrust into a heavyweight title shot against decorated veteran Randy Couture when he had fought just twice in MMA. Lesnar knocked Couture out with a flurry of punches in the second round and left the cage with the UFC belt.
Source: Tapology
Wrestlemania XX — 1.02 million PPV buys
Sport: Professional wrestling/Sports entertainment
Event: Wrestlemania 20
Date and venue: March 14, 2004, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Memorable moments: The World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat match between Shawn Michaels, Triple H, and eventual winner Chris Benoit is considered one of the greatest matches of all time. The Undertaker's bone-chilling ring-walk against half-brother Kane was also must-see TV.
Source: Wrestlenomics
Chris Weidman v Anderson Silva II — 1.025 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 168
Date and venue: December 28, 2013, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moments: Chris Weidman scored back-to-back victories over previous middleweight ruler Anderson Silva, but their fight was overshadowed by Ronda Rousey's
"Fight of the Night" victory over Miesha Tate.
Source: Tapology
Wrestlemania X-Seven — 1.04 million PPV buys
Sport: Professional wrestling/Sports entertainment
Event: Wrestlemania X-Seven
Date and venue: April 1, 2001, at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
Memorable moments: Two of the most famous professional wrestlers ever, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin, duked it out in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship belt. There were ring interventions, steel chair headshots, and masks of blood. Stone Cold even shared a beer with wrestling boss Vince McMahon at the end of the event.
Source: Wrestlenomics
Wrestlemania XXIV — 1.041 million PPV buys
Sport: Professional wrestling/Sports entertainment
Event: Wrestlemania 24
Date and venue: March 30, 2008, at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
Memorable moment: Ric Flair lost a "Career Threatening" match against Shawn Michaels, meaning he had to retire. However, world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather made an appearance against Big Show and, despite giving up a 16-inch height advantage, still found a way to win.
Source: Wrestlenomics
Forrest Griffin v Rashad Evans — 1.05 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 92
Date and venue: December 27, 2008, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: The light heavyweight championship title changed hands as Rashad Evans beat Forrest Griffin by third-round knockout in a "Fight of the Night" spectacle.
Source: Tapology
Brock Lesnar v Cain Velasquez — 1.05 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 121
Date and venue: October 23, 2010, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Memorable moment: A true passing-of-the-torch event, Cain Velasquez took the championship belt from Brock Lesnar with a first-round knockout win. The event had a WWE feel, though, as there was a bizarre post-fight confrontation between The Undertaker and Lesnar.
Source: Tapology
Rampage Jackson v Rashad Evans — 1.05 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 114
Date and venue: May 29, 2010, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moments: Rashad Evans used lightning-quick combinations to trouble Rampage Jackson and ground out a good three-round decision win. Further down the card, British brawler Michael Bisping gave Dan Miller a sustained three-round beating.
Source: Tapology
Chuck Liddell v Tito Ortiz II — 1.05 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 66
Date and venue: December 30, 2006, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: One of the first true stars of the UFC, Chuck Liddel retained his light heavyweight championship belt with a third-round knockout win over Tito Ortiz. Later, it was discovered Liddel fought through a torn medial collateral ligament.
Source: MMA Junkie
Floyd Mayweather v Juan Manuel Márquez — 1.06 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Number One/Número Uno
Date and venue: September 19, 2009, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Despite a two-year layoff, Mayweather returned to the ring and did what he does best — he outclassed three-division champion Juan Manuel Márquez and banked another win.
Source: LA Times
Wrestlemania 21 — 1.090 million PPV buys
Sport: Professional wrestling/Sports entertainment
Event: Wrestlemania 21
Date and venue: April 3, 2005, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Memorable moment: Tickets sold out within one minute of going on sale, making it the fastest-selling event in WWE and Staples Center history at that point.
Source: Wrestlenomics
Dan Cormier v Anderson Silva — 1.09 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 200
Date and venue: July 9, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: There were many big names competing on the UFC 200 card, including Amanda Nunes, Brock Lesnar, Dan Cormier, Anderson Silva, and José Aldo, but most of the headlines that week focused on the sale of Zuffa-owned UFC to WME-IMG for $4 billion.
Source: Tapology
Amanda Nunes v Ronda Rousey — 1.1 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 207
Date and venue: December 30, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moments: The first openly gay champion in UFC history, Amanda Nunes, knocked out previous champion Ronda Rousey in one round. Cody Garbrandt took the bantamweight belt off Dominick Cruz's waist with a show-off performance.
Source: Tapology
Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II — 1.1 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II
Date and venue: September 15, 2018, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moments: Álvarez defeated Golovkin on points, capturing the WBA, WBC, IBO, and the vacant The Ring Magazine middleweight world titles — it was the first time Golovkin lost a professional bout, in a back-and-forth battle for the ages.
Source: ESPN
Wrestlemania 29 — 1.104 million PPV buys
Sport: Professional wrestling/Sports entertainment
Event: Wrestlemania 29
Date and venue: April 7, 2013, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Memorable moment: John Cena beat The Rock in the main event to win a record 11th WWE Championship. The whole show was a huge financial success for the company as it became the highest-grossing live event in WWE history, grossing $72 million.
Source: Wrestlenomics
Wrestlemania XXVII — 1.104 million PPV buys
Sport: Professional wrestling/Sports entertainment
Event: Wrestlemania 27
Date and venue: April 3, 2011 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.
Memorable moment: The Undertaker extended his Wrestlemania winning "streak" to 19-0 with a No Holds Barred victory over Triple H.
Source: Wrestlenomics
Bruce Seldon v Mike Tyson — 1.15 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Championship: Part II
Date and venue: September 7, 1996, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Though Mike Tyson scored a first-round knockout, the fight is notable because of the ringside attendance of rapper Tupac Shakur, who was murdered just hours later.
Source: Yahoo
Manny Pacquiao v Antonio Margarito —1.15 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The 8th Wonder of the World
Date and venue: November 13, 2010, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Memorable moment: Manny Pacquiao brutally beat up Antonio Margarito in a savage 12-round performance. After the fight, Pacquiao said: "I did not want to damage him permanently." However, Margarito, who was hospitalized, suffered permanent damage to his right eye.
Source: Boxing Scene
Manny Pacquiao v Juan Manuel Márquez IV —1.15 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Fight of the Decade
Date and venue: December 8, 2012, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Márquez IV had contested a huge trilogy beforehand. All three were considered close fights, with Pacquiao winning twice and drawing the other. Here, Márquez got revenge with a violent sixth-round finish.
Source: ESPN
Brock Lesnar v Shane Carwin — 1.16 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 116
Date and venue: July 3, 2010, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Former WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar underlined his status as an elite mixed martial artist by retaining his heavyweight title with a second-round submission victory over Shane Carwin.
Source: Tapology
WrestleMania 23 — 1.2 million PPV buys
Sport: Professional wrestling/Sports entertainment
Event: Wrestlemania 23
Date and venue: April 1, 2007, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
Memorable moment: Here, we saw one of the more bizarre moments in WWE history as Donald Trump's wrestler Bobby Lashley beat WWE chairman Vince McMahon's wrestler Umaga in a "Hair versus Hair" match. Lashley won, meaning Trump got to shave McMahon's head.
Source: WrestlingInc
Evander Holyfield v Lennox Lewis — 1.2 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Undisputed
Date and venue: March 13, 1999, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Memorable moment: Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield fought to a controversial draw, despite a superior performance from Lewis. Rudy Giuliani, who was the mayor of New York City at the time, said the result was "a travesty."
Source: Sports Business Journal
Jose Aldo v Conor McGregor — 1.2 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 194
Date and venue: December 12, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: The Irishman was not expected to beat long-reigning featherweight champion Jose Aldo, so it shook up the MMA world when he knocked the Brazilian out in just 13 seconds. This was the performance that elevated Conor McGregor's fame.
Source: talkSPORT
Oscar de la Hoya v Manny Pacquiao — 1.25 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Dream Match
Date and venue: December 6, 2008, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: At the time, there was concern Manny Pacquiao was biting off more than he could chew by challenging a fighter so much bigger than he was. In the end, Pacquiao forced a ninth-round stoppage victory and announced his presence as a pay-per-view star.
Source: ESPN
Manny Pacquiao v Miguel Cotto — 1.25 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Firepower
Date and venue: November 14, 2009, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Manny Pacquiao scored a late stoppage victory when he was arguably at the peak of his powers.
Source: ESPN
Floyd Mayweather v Victor Ortiz — 1.25 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Star Power
Date and venue: September 17, 2011 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Oh boy. This fight. Victor Ortiz was penalized for headbutting Floyd Mayweather. Ortiz then hugged Mayweather to say sorry. The referee waved the fight back on. Ortiz wanted another hug, but Mayweather knocked him out with an unforgiving two-punch combination.
Source: ESPN
KSI v Logan Paul — 1.3 million PPV buys
Sport: Unlicensed Boxing
Event: KSI vs. Logan Paul
Date and venue: August 25, 2018 at the Manchester Arena in England.
Memorable moment: The end, when it was all over, so we could pretend we never watched it.
Source: TMZ Sports
Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin — 1.3 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Supremacy
Date and venue: September 16, 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin may have fought twice, with both results polarizing boxing fans, but you know what? These two prizefighters deserve each other as they guarantee one thing: a wild brawl.
Source: ESPN
WrestleMania XXVIII — 1.3 million PPV buys
Sport: Professional wrestling/Sports entertainment
Event: Wrestlemania 28
Date and venue: April 1, 2012, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Memorable moment: The main event match between John Cena and The Rock was advertised a year in advance, with a tag, "Once in a Lifetime." Despite this, they fought again one year after Wrestlemania XXVIII.
Source: WWE
Eddie Alvarez v Conor McGregor — 1.3 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 205
Date and venue: November 12, 2016, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Memorable moment: Conor McGregor, already UFC featherweight champion, went up to lightweight to challenge Eddie Alvarez for the belt. McGregor won in dominant fashion to become the first same-time double champion in UFC history.
Source: The Sun
Manny Pacquiao v Shane Mosley — 1.34 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Undaunted
Date and venue: May 7, 2011, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Manny Pacquiao knocked Shane Mosley down in the third round, forcing Mosley to fight far more defensively for the rest of the contest. Pacquiao won a 12-round decision.
Source: ESPN
Conor McGregor beat Donald Cerrone in 2020.
Sport: MMA
Event: UFC 246
Date and venue: January 18, 2020, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Conor McGregor obliterated Donald Cerrone in 40 seconds with shoulder strikes, a head kick, and punches to rebound following numerous losses.
Source: Tapology
Frank Bruno v Mike Tyson II — 1.37 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Championship: Part I
Date and venue: March 16, 1996, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Mike Tyson finished Frank Bruno with a 13-punch combination in the third round. Bruno never fought again.
Source: Forbes
Floyd Mayweather v Shane Mosley — 1.4 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Who R U Picking?
Date and venue: May 1, 2010, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Shane Mosley buckled Floyd Mayweather's knees with powerful punches in the second round — one of the few times Mayweather seemed legitimately troubled in a professional fight. Mayweather still won a convincing 12-round decision, though.
Source: LA Times
Felix Trinidad
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Fight of the Millennium
Date and venue: September 18, 1999, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: An entertaining 12-round battle that could have gone either way was eventually won by Félix Trinidad. The normally mild-mannered Oscar de la Hoya left the ring swearing in every direction and, though there were calls for a rematch, this was the only fight between them.
Source: ESPN
Evander Holyfield v George Foreman – 1.4 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Battle of the Ages
Date and venue: April 19, 1991, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Memorable moment: Round seven. Just watch it. And watch it again. That round won Round of the Year honors in 1991. It was a heavyweight slug-fest for the ages, in which Holyfield triumphed on points.
Source: The Ring
Manny Pacquiao v Juan Manuel Marquez III – 1.4 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The 25th Round Begins.
Date and venue: November 12, 2011, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Memorable moment: Another one of those fights that could have been scored either way, with writers divided as to who should have won. Even the judges were split 2-1, but Manny Pacquiao had the edge.
Source: Boxing Scene
Conor McGregor v Nate Diaz — 1.5 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 196
Date and venue: March 5, 2016, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Conor McGregor had already won UFC world titles at featherweight and lightweight. Here, he went up another division to take on Nate Diaz at welterweight. The weight class was one jump too many as Diaz submitted him with a rear naked choke in the second round.
Source: MMA Fighting
Floyd Mayweather v Miguel Cotto — 1.5 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Ring Kings
Date and venue: May 5, 2012, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: This proved to be just another routine 12-round decision win for Floyd Mayweather.
Source: The Ring
Dustin Poirier v Conor McGregor III — 1.504 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 264
Date and venue: July 10, 2021, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier went to war for a third and final time in a trilogy that the Irishman lost, as he suffered a broken leg at the end of the first round that thus awarded Poirier the win. Even more memorable, though, was the way in which McGregor responded to the loss as he screamed obscenities from the floor, despite the nasty injury. He was eventually strapped to a stretcher and taken out of the arena.
Source: Tapology
Mike Tyson v Peter McNeeley — 1.55 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: He's Back
Date and venue: August 19, 1995, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: This was the first time Mike Tyson had fought since serving three years in prison for a rape conviction. The fight lasted 89 seconds. Peter McNeeley's manager ran into the ring to save his fighter from taking any additional punishment, meaning Tyson won by disqualification.
Source: Forbes
Mike Tyson v Evander Holyfield — 1.59 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Finally
Date and venue: November 9, 1996, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Evander Holyfield became the first fighter since Muhammad Ali to win the world heavyweight championship for the third time. Holyfield, the challenger, stood up to Mike Tyson's aggressive style and claimed a stunning 11th round knockout win.
Source: Forbes
Brock Lesnar v Frank Mir II — 1.6 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 100
Date and venue: July 11, 2009, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Memorable moments: UFC 100, the 100th pay-per-view event in the company's history, was considered to be the MMA Event of the Year. Georges St-Pierre retained his welterweight title against Thiago Alves, and Dan Henderson knocked out Michael Bisping with a savage, career-changing punch. In the headlining fight, Brock Lensar badly bloodied Frank Mir en route to a second-round stoppage win.
Source: Yahoo
Dustin Poirier v Conor McGregor II — 1.6 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 257
Date and venue: January 24, 2021, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
Memorable moments: Conor McGregor returned to the Octagon in the middle of the pandemic, at a partially behind-closed-doors event on "Fight Island" in Abu Dhabi, UAE, only to get brutally knocked out in the second round because of Dustin Poirier's ferocity. American MMA fighter Poirier rose to the occasion to finish McGregor in style, in one of the best-selling MMA events in history.
Source: Tapology
Mike Tyson v Roy Jones Jr. — 1.6 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Lockdown Knockdown
Date and venue: November 28, 2020, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Memorable moments: Two of boxing's best-ever boxers, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., returned to the ring in their 50s for an exhibition that further showcased internet celebrity Jake Paul as an attraction. Though no official result could be declared by nature of the exhibition, Tyson appeared to have had the edge after the eight-round move-around. He said in his post-fight interview that he smoked a spliff prior to the exhibition, and said he'd do it all again.
Source: USA Today
Nate Diaz v Conor McGregor II — 1.65 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 202
Date and venue: August 20, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: This is the night Conor McGregor avenged his earlier defeat. In his rematch against Nate Diaz, he knocked his opponent down and claimed a five-round decision victory. UFC 202 was the first event under the new ownership of WME-IMG, which had just spent $4 billion buying the company from Zuffa. It is the second-best-selling MMA pay-per-view of all time.
Source: MMA Fighting
Lennox Lewis v Mike Tyson — 1.97 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: Lewis–Tyson: Is On
Date and venue: June 8, 2002, at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee.
Memorable moment: A press conference brawl involving both boxers and their respective entourages built more interest in Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson's ruckus. Lewis knocked Tyson down multiple times and claimed a big eighth-round knockout win.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Evander Holyfield v Mike Tyson II — 1.99 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Sound and the Fury
Date and venue: June 28, 1997, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Mike Tyson bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear. Why? Who knows, but maybe it had something to do with the fact that, up until that point, Holyfield was easily defeating Tyson (again). Nobody knows the event as "The Sound and the Fury." It's now called "The Bite Fight." Tyson was obviously disqualified.
Source: LA Times
Floyd Mayweather v Canelo Álvarez — 2.2 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The One
Date and venue: September 14, 2013, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Canelo Álvarez was one of the rising stars of boxing. Floyd Mayweather was the veteran. It could have been a passing of the torch. Instead, it was classic Mayweather, handing yet another excellent opponent a 12-round decision loss.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Oscar de la Hoya v Floyd Mayweather — 2.4 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The World Awaits
Date and venue: May 5, 2007, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: Floyd Mayweather's split-decision victory over Oscar de la Hoya propelled him to superstar status. The most lasting feature of the fight was that it introduced the hugely popular "24/7" TV series on HBO. The program followed the fighters around as they got on with their day-to-day lives before fight night. The platform is still used today.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor — 2.5 million PPV buys
Sport: Mixed martial arts
Event: UFC 229
Date and venue: October 6, 2018, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: The UFC 229 main event between the reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor attracted a massive amount of eyes to television sets on October 6, 2018 — and with good reason.
The rivalry between the two fighters was personal. Nurmagomedov dominated McGregor in the Octagon, and even incited a riot cage-side just moments later. It will likely remain the most talked-about MMA fight for a long time.
Source: MMA Junkie
Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor — 4.3 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Biggest Fight in Combat Sports History
Date and venue: August 26, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: The build-up to Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor's landmark bout featured a four-city tour. The promotion was unprecedented and epic, but controversial. The fight, though, was nowhere near as exciting, as Mayweather coasted to a straight-forward 10th-round stoppage victory.
Source: MMA Fighting
Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao — 4.6 million PPV buys
Sport: Boxing
Event: The Fight of the Century
Date and venue: May 2, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Memorable moment: The bout was six years in the making and, judging by the fight, it was six years too late. Manny Pacquiao wasn't able to properly apply his swarming fighting style as Floyd Mayweather was expertly utilizing his defensive game. Another 12-round decision win for the American.
Source: Boxing Scene
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