UFC 251 last Saturday was the first event to take place on “Fight Island” and according to the amount of PPV buys the event sold it has done extremely well.
The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger first reported the news that the card drew an estimated 1.3 million buys. The event is the highest-selling pay-per-view in 2020 and the largest under the current ESPN+ deal. UFC 246, which took place in January and was headlined by Conor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone, did one million buys.
Jorge Masvidal, who lost a unanimous decision to welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in the main event, took to Twitter after the figures were released to show his gratitude.