The figures have been mostly tallied, and though UFC 168 won’t go down as the organization’s biggest pay-per-view event, you won’t hear company officials complaining. UFC 168 took place Dec. 28 at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, and in the heavily promoted co-headliners, middleweight champion Chris Weidman defeated Anderson Silva, and women’s bantamweight titleholder Ronda Rousey stopped Ronda Rousey. Due in large part to those two rematches, UFC 168 reportedly drew more than a million pay-per-view buys – a significant improvement over the 400,000 or so buys the year’s other PPV shows averaged. “It was a great way to end the year,” UFC President Dana White told MMAjunkie earlier this week (skip to the 9:35 mark of the above video)

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Just how big was UFC 168? UFC President Dana White explains – MMA Junkie

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