Top 10 purchased PPV's in North America in 2008.

[Guest]

The following are the top 10 purchased PPVs in North America for 2008:

1. Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, Dec. 6, (1,250,000)
2. UFC: Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, Nov. 15, (1,010,000)
3. WWE WrestleMania : Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Paul "Big Show" Wight, March 30, (670,000)
4. UFC: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch/Lesnar vs. Heath Herring, Aug. 9, (625,000)
5. UFC: Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, Feb. 2, (600,000)
6. UFC: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin, July 5, (540,000)
7. UFC: St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, April 19, (530,000)
8. Boxing: Felix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jan. 19, (500,000)
9. UFC: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans, Sept. 6, (480,000)
10. UFC: B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk/Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida, May 24, (475,000)


7 of them UFC
2 of them Boxing
1 of them WWE.

Kind of hard to dispute that Lesnar's not been good for the UFC as some people like to say, when you see him on a list of 10 three times.

Number 7 was on my birthday.

 

[nborton]

It's a good sign for UFC, but also a big sign of how poor boxing has gotten. They're offering nothing these days. Shoot the last fight got #1, but both are past their prime. A fight of Tyson vs. Foreman would get a ton of PPVs, but it would be pretty dumb.

 

[hector234]

The first 2 Lesnar fights, he wasnt the main event. The fight against Mir drew a crowd because people wanted to see if he could do good. The 2nd time around, you also have to give credit to GSP because he has millions of fans, and not to mention Fitch is one bad ****. The Couture was greatly hyped, and again, Couture has millions of MMA fans.