{"id":523861,"date":"2024-02-20T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T10:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=523861"},"modified":"2024-02-20T12:30:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T10:30:33","slug":"five-biggest-box-office-events-in-ufc-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-app.com\/ufc\/five-biggest-box-office-events-in-ufc-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Biggest Box Office Events In UFC History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the historic UFC 300 taking place in April, Quintin van Jaarsveld looks back at the world\u2019s pre-eminent mixed martial arts promotion\u2019s five top-drawing pay-per-views of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s nothing in all of sports like a big fight and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/machibet777-app.com\/ufc\/januarys-top-five-ufc-knockouts\/\">UFC<\/a><\/strong> has become a combat sports juggernaut by consistently putting on the biggest and best fights possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the rise of Conor McGregor as the biggest star in MMA history and undisputed king of pay-per-view, the UFC has smashed records and taken the sport to unprecedented heights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the game-changing Irish megastar as leading man, these are the five biggest UFC pay-per-views of all time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="ju52fzvkvd"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="ju52fzvkvd"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-app.com\/sports\/mma\/ufc\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bet Now: UFC<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>5: <strong>UFC 246: McGregor v Cerrone<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After a 15-month hiatus, McGregor made his highly anticipated return against Donald Cerrone at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on January 18, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first-ever two-weight UFC champion was at this brilliant best, treating the capacity crowd and 1,353,429 fans who tuned in on pay-per-view to a thrilling 46-second thrashing of an outclassed \u201cCowboy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>4: <strong>UFC 264: Poirier v McGregor 3<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>McGregor was unhinged going into the trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier at the T-Mobile Arena on July 10, 2021. With one win apiece, the respect McGregor showed Poirier ahead of their second showdown went out the window and he returned to his trash-talking ways, making things personal with comments about Poirier\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1,504,737 fans who watched on pay-per-view were eager for an epic conclusion, but the intended rubber match left everyone unsatisfied as McGregor broke his leg in freakish fashion at the end of the first round, resulting in a TKO win for Poirier that settled little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>3: <strong>UFC 257: Poirier v McGregor 2<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven years after their first fight, which saw McGregor knockout Poirier in the first round, the pair renewed their rivalry on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi on January 24, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McGregor was returning from a near-one-year layoff while \u201cThe Diamond\u201d was as sharp as can be and it showed as the much-improved and dialled-in Poirier became the first man to knockout \u201cThe Notorious\u201d inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second-round stunner was a superstar-making moment for Poirier with the fight drawing 1,600,000 pay-per-view buys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>2: <strong>UFC 202: McGregor v Diaz 2<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After Nate Diaz shocked the world by submitting McGregor in their first meeting at UFC 196, which launched Diaz into mega-stardom, the heated rivals ran it back at the T-Mobile Arena on August 20, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duo delivered in spades, putting on one of the greatest fights in UFC history \u2013 a back-and-forth five-round war watched by 1,600,000 people on pay-per-view, which ended with McGregor earning redemption via majority decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>1: <strong>UFC 229: Nurmagomedov v McGregor<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest fight in UFC history centred on a blood feud between McGregor and undefeated lightweight champion of the world, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and took place at the T-Mobile Arena on October 6, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bad blood boiled over before and after the much-anticipated megafight in two of the most infamous incidents in UFC history. 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