UFC 167 nets 2nd biggest U.S. gate in UFC history

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The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the numbers for the UFC 167 live gate and attendance and they’re very good.The live gate grossed $5,759,350 with 13,621 sold tickets, 57 tickets unsold, and 1,235 comped tickets.

UFC 167 is second on the all-time U.S. gate revenue list after UFC 148 (Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen 2) which generated revenue of $6,901,655.

The UFC 167 main event saw Welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre take a controversial split decision win over Johny Hendricks. Chael Sonnen lost via 1st round TKO in the co-main event to Rashad Evans.

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Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.