In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that extremely reliable trending data suggest that UFC 86 (Jackson vs. Griffin) did 520,000 buys. This puts it just below GSP vs. Matt Serra, which did 525,000. It is worth noting however that the latter did that big number largely because it did incredible numbers in Canada, which UFC 86 did not. The UFC 86 number is excellent if it holds up, especially because it was obvious that the UFC dropped the ball promoting this fight. Who knows what it could have done with a good build?
Dave also reported that independent estimates of the Affliction buyrate put it somewhere between 50,000 and 85,000 buys, but all numbers are very preliminary.
There is a hell of a lot more in the newsletter on Affliction and the UFC from this weekend. I recommend subscribing.
Note: In the past, various websites have misreported what I posted on PPV numbers. The estimate for UFC 86 is based on trending levels Dave Meltzer has followed that have been extremely accurate in the past, they are not official estimates.