The following is an excerpt from an article from Dave Doyle and FOX Sports:
The idea behind running the mammoth Coliseum was an attempt to set the world record for attendance for an MMA event. K-1 holds that record for a 2002 joint show with the PRIDE promotion. The actual attendance for the show was 71,000, but K-1 has long claimed over 91,000. So filling the 92,000-seat arena would break their exaggerated mark.
No such luck. FEG flooded the market with about 90,000 free tickets. Two Los Angeles Police Department sources on duty said they were told there were about 1,000 paid admissions going into the day; the actual count will be announced by the California State Athletic Commission early next week. It appeared somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 people showed up.
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