If there was any thought that Conor McGregor’s loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr., last year would impact his box office appeal to MMA fans, ticket sales for UFC 229 would quickly dispel that theory.
One week after tickets were put on sale to the public, with almost all gone within three minutes of the public sale, the show has now become the second most in-demand ticket in UFC history and one of the bigger sports tickets in modern history on the secondary market.
As of Aug. 23, Stubhub had sold 1,441 secondary market tickets for a $995 average price.