UFC Fight Night 24 sets attendance, live gate record for "Fight Night" events

SEATTLE – The UFC's first-ever trip to Seattle was the most successful UFC Fight Night event in the company's history in terms of box office success, according to promotion officials.

Saturday night's "UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs. Davis" event drew a reported 14,212 attendees for a live gate of $1,182,850.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) confirmed the attendance and gate figures with company officials at the evening's post-event press conference.

UFC Fight Night 24 took place at Seattle's KeyArena and aired on Spike TV and Facebook. The card represented the company's first-ever trip to Washington, and the successful gate likely means a return trip to the market in the not-too-distant future.

The Washington State Athletic Commission should release official figures in the coming weeks. Both the attendance and gate figures rank as the best in the near-six-year history of "Fight Night" events.

UFC officials classified the figures as a sell-out. They went on to clarify that the building was originally scaled for just 8,000 seats, but ticket demand forced the UFC to repeatedly expand the arena setup until capping out at more than 14,000 seats. The successful gate almost assuredly guarantees a return trip to the market.

UFC Fight Night 24's figures represent an average gross revenue for the UFC of $83.23 per ticket issued.

The top 10 attendance marks in UFC Fight Night history, as reported by the UFC and compiled by MMAjunkie.com, include:

• "UFC Fight Night 24: Davis vs. Nogueira" – 14,212 ($1,182,850)
• "UFC Fight Night 18: Condit vs. Kampmann" – 10,267 ($626,077)
• "UFC Fight Night 19: Diaz vs. Guillard" – 9,490 ($577,997)
• "UFC Fight Night 15: Diaz vs. Neer" – 9,103 ($700,00)
• "UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fights for the Troops" – 8,500 ($0)
• "UFC Fight Night 20: Maynard vs. Diaz" – 8,078 ($753,962)
• "UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares" – 7,724 ($595,500)
• "UFC Fight Night 21: Florian vs. Gomi" – 7,700 ($590,685)
• "UFC Fight Night 17: Lauzon vs. Stephens" – 7,596 ($304,000)
• "UFC Fight Night 13: Florian vs. Lauzon" – 6,742 ($753,429)