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UFC 191 Scores Lowest Vegas Gate Since UFC 49

September 8, 2015 | Posted by Larry Csonka

– According to bloodyelbow.com, the live gate for UC 191 is now in the record books. The gate for the event was the lowest total for a Vegas-based UFC pay-per-view in 11 years (UFC 49). Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson is the holder of the lowest Vegas PPV gate and worst selling PPV of the TUF era (UFC 174 vs. Bagautinov). Here is how Johnson has drawn at the gate and on PPV in his last four fights…

* UFC 191: vs. Dodson (Las Vegas) – $1.3 million – N/A
* UFC 186: vs. Horiguchi (Montreal) – $668,000 – 125,000 buys
* UFC 178: vs. Cariaso (Las Vegas) – $2.2 million (Cerrone-Alvarez and McGregor-Poirier were on the show) – 205,000 buys
* UFC 174: vs. Bagautinov (Vancouver) – $1.14 million – 115,000 buys