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UFC 191 gate for 'Johnson vs Dodson 2' lowest since August 2004

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight titleholder Demetrious Johnson returned the "worst pay-per-view (PPV) buys in modern era" when he whooped Ali Bagautinov at UFC 174, and can now lay claim to having the promotion's lowest Las Vegas-based PPV gate in over 11 years.

Probably not the kind of box office you would expect from a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who is widely-considered to be the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

The numbers, unfortunately, don't lie.

UFC 191's reported gate of $1.3 million is the lowest for a Las Vegas-based UFC pay-per-view card since UFC 49 in August 2004.