UFC 141 officially draws 13,793 attendance for $3.1 million live gate

This past month's UFC 141 event officially drew an attendance of 13,793 and a live gate of $3,101,000.

Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today emailed the figures to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

UFC 141 took place Dec. 30 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas andfeatured former Strikeforce champion Alistair Overeem earning afirst-round TKO finish of former UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar inthe pay-per-view headliner.

Officials initially announced an estimated attendance of 12,158 and a live gate of $3.1 million. According to the NSAC, only 137 tickets went unsold. The average paid ticket price was $238.54.

The figures fell well short of the MGM Grand Garden Arena's top-five UFCattendance and live-gate figures. However, in live-gate terms, the showgreatly outperformed UFC 125, which took place early in 2011 and drew just $2,174,780.

MGM Grand Garden Arena's all-time top UFC gates as compiled by MMAjunkie.com include:
UFC 66 (Liddell vs. Ortiz II): $5,397,300 gate (13,761 attendance) UFC 91 (Couture vs. Lesnar): $4,815,675 (14,272) UFC 71 (Liddell vs. Jackson): $4,304,000 (14,728) UFC 94 (St. Pierre vs. Penn II): $4,290,000 (14,885) UFC 116 (Lesnar vs. Carwin): $4,053,990 (12,740)For more on UFC 141, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.

(Pictured: Alistair Overeem)
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