Justin Goff sent along the following:
On Saturday December 8th, mixed martial arts and boxing both aired at the same time with a full card of fights. The UFC’s Ultimate Fighter reality show on Spike TV featured a main bout between Roger Huerta and Clay Guida, while boxing had a pay per view event featuring Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Ricky Hatton.
Online sportsbook Bodoglife.com made a statement to MMAbettingblog.com that
“The betting handle for Ultimate Fighter 6 was small. Huerta and Guida was the most bet on fight of the event, but in terms of revenues it only drew what we normally see for a preliminary match of a UFC pay per view”
They went on to compare the handle for The Ultimate Fighter and the PPV boxing event of the night.
“On a night where the UFC went head to head with the most hyped boxing matches of the year, the UFC was the forgotten event in the bettor’s eyes. Even the Roger Huerta-Clay Guida fight failed to outdraw the Jeff Lacy-Peter Manfredo Jr. undercard.”
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