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Originally Posted by supermark21 they made a profit when you factor in the live sales plus ppv plus the amount all the sponsors paid to get their names in the cage and the merchandise sales at the venue |
There is no way they made a profit. Obviously we don't know exact numbers but look at it once:
The live gate probably didn't even cover renting out the forum (it was only 1/4 full)
The pay doesn't include dark matches, win bonuses, or PPV Percentages
The PPV wans't available in some areas
They still had to pay:
Insurance
Maintenance (to put up the cage, take it down, clean, etc)
Lawyers for the contracts and Athletic commision issues
The announcers
Advertising
The productions crews
The refs, judges, Athletic Commission fees, etc
The people running the day to day operations (booking fighters, getting the show on PPV, running the website, doing promotions, people to answer the phones, etc