A Jan. 31 UFC 94 event that featured the long-anticipated rematch between UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and lightweight title-holder B.J. Penn officially drew 14,885 attendees for a live gate of $4,290,020.
Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today emailed the figures to MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com).
The totals were in line with the preliminary attendance figure (14,885) and the live gate total ($4.3 million) UFC officials disclosed in a post-UFC 94 press conference.
Of the 14,885 attendees, only 1,263 (8.49 percent) received complimentary tickets.
UFC 94 now goes down as the sixth-largest gate in UFC history and the highest-attended UFC event among the 13 shows that have been held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to date.
UFC's all-time top gates:
UFC 66 (Liddell vs. Ortiz II): $5,397,300 gate (12,191 attendance)
UFC 83 (St. Pierre vs. Serra II): $5,100,000 gate (21,390 attendance)
UFC 79 (St. Pierre vs. Hughes): $4,994,050 gate (9,704 attendance)
UFC 91 (Couture vs. Lesnar): $4,815,675 gate (13,224 attendance)
UFC 71 (Liddell vs. Jackson): $4,304,740 gate (13,224 attendance)
UFC 94 (St. Pierre vs. Penn II): $4,290,020 gate (14,885 attendance)
(For more on the figures, check out our previous UFC 94 gate and attendance report.)
Aside from St. Pierre's dominating fourth-round TKO over Penn, the event, which sold out in just a few weeks' time, may best be remembered for the number of fights that went to the judges' scorecards. On a 10-fight card, the first eight bouts all went to decision. Five ended via split decision.
