As expected, the UFC’s third trip to Madison Square Garden didn’t come close to matching the commercial success of its previous two shows at the famous New York City venue, but for a card that didn’t have a main event until roughly a month away from fight night, it wasn’t exactly a pay-per-view disaster.
MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer reported over the weekend that UFC 230 drew an estimated 250,000 buys, with heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier predictably defeating popular but severely overmatched Derrick Lewis in the main event. It’s well down from the reported 375,000 buys for both Cormier’s historic title win over Stipe Miocic at UFC 226, as well as UFC 220: Miocic vs.