One of the key financial numbers is in from Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor.
The Aug. 26 boxing match made $55,414,865.79 in ticket sales at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, MMA Fighting confirmed with the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) on Tuesday. The news was first reported by Jed I. Goodman on Twitter.
The figure is far below the record gate number produced by Mayweather’s fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2015, which generated $72,198,500 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for the sale 16,219 tickets.
Mayweather vs. McGregor sold 13,094 tickets with 137 complimentary tickets given out, the commission confirmed.