The Skilled Fighters League just lately held what the promotion thought can be an enormous pay-per-view occasion in PFL “Battle of the Giants.”
The Oct. 19 occasion in Saudi Arabia was headlined by a heavyweight title bout between Francis Ngannou and Renan Ferreira.
In line with Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer, the PFL PPV did simply over 10,000 buys on ESPN+. With a price ticket of $49.99, and use of a calculator, it isn’t laborious to determine that the end result produced round $500,000 in income. The price of the primary occasion to the promotion nevertheless was roughly $10 million paid out to the 2 huge males who competed.
The occasion marked the return of Ngannou to MMA following a two-fight stint in boxing. Cris Cyborg was additionally in motion, defeating Larissa Pacheco in a ladies’s super-fight contest.
PFL co-found Donn Davis didn’t appear to be bothered concerning the occasion’s low numbers however boasted social media metrics as a substitute.
Uncommon in sports activities for excellence on international scale – we did it with PFL Tremendous Struggle: Battle of the Giants
Huge worldwide viewers metrics 🤩
Thanks @PFLMMA Followers! #PFLMMA #PFLSuperFights pic.twitter.com/i9gkBv2LI3
— Donn Davis (@DonnDavisPFL) October 23, 2024
As of press time, the variety of buys via DAZN haven’t but been launched.
