Which main event would beat Liddell-Ortiz's money gate?

MMAjunkie.com posted the statistics for UFC 116 and how much a gate was drawn. Heres the top Five in UFC history:

1.UFC 66 (Liddell vs. Ortiz II): $5,397,300 gate (13,761 attendance)
2.UFC 91 (Couture vs. Lesnar): $4,815,675 (14,272)
3.UFC 71 (Liddell vs. Jackson): $4,304,000 (14,728)
4.UFC 94 (St. Pierre vs. Penn II): $4,290,000 (14,885)
5.UFC 116 (Lesnar vs. Carwin): $4,053,990 (12,740)

As you can see Liddell-Ortiz 2 is still the top gate at 5.3 million dollars with the next closes being Lesnar-Couture at 4.8. I was curious as to what main event you think would drawn the most money, and heres a couple that I thought of:

Georges St. Pierre vs. Anderson Silva
Fedor vs. Lesnar/or any other top HW
Shogun vs. Silva
Lesnar vs. Carwin 2
Couture vs. Lesnar 2
GSP vs. BJ 3

I would say Lesnar/Mir 3 for the title would beat it, also pending if it had a good co-main event with it and a good main card which it probably wouldnt because of the main event status alone.

I think Couture/Ortiz 2 could maybe make top 5 or at least top 10.

It depends mostly on the venue. There's a similarity between all five of those cards you listed: they all took place in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand.

There's a reason Zuffa is pushing hard to legalize MMA in New York.

EDIT: Might want to fact check. Pretty sure UFC 100 should be somewhere on your list.

Lesnar/Carwin 2 would have the best chance, I think.

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Posted by lohmann

It depends mostly on the venue. There's a similarity between all five of those cards you listed: they all took place in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand.

There's a reason Zuffa is pushing hard to legalize MMA in New York.

EDIT: Might want to fact check. Pretty sure UFC 100 should be somewhere on your list.

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Yep Good call I was just going with what they had on mmajunkie.

UFC 100 had a gate of $5.1million puttin it in second

If it is going to be broken it will probably be in Las Vegas.

I'm thinking lesnar vs nelson

Silva vs. St. Pierre in New York

I would say either GSP vs Silva or Lesnar vs Fedor. If the UFC was able to sign Fedor for a few fights and Couture was able to win a few, Couture vs Fedor would be a huge draw.

Unfortunately I think Fedor doesn't have nearly enough draw to bring in an amount to even make the top 5 list no matter who they matched him up with right now. I think a big event would be required with at least three big events....like Mir vsBrock 3 or Brock Carwin 2, combined with Tito vs Griffin 2 and a super fight of GSP vs Silva (probably in Vegas).

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Posted by jae_1833

Unfortunately I think Fedor doesn't have nearly enough draw to bring in an amount to even make the top 5 list no matter who they matched him up with right now. I think a big event would be required with at least three big events....like Mir vsBrock 3 or Brock Carwin 2, combined with Tito vs Griffin 2 and a super fight of GSP vs Silva (probably in Vegas).

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Tito vs. Griffin 3

Lesnar would bring people in and Fedor could be instant hype. Not to mention all hardcores around the world would watch it. Lesnar Fedor is it for me.