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Yahoo's Dave Meltzer brings us the top ten Pay-Per-View events of 2009:
Top 10 PPV buy rates, 2009
1. UFC 100: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, July 11 - 1.6 million
2. Boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto, Nov. 14 - 1.25 million
3. Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Sept. 19 - 1.05 million
4. UFC 94: Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn, Jan. 31 - 920,000
5. UFC 101: B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian/Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin, Aug. 8 - 850,000
6. Boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton, May 2 - 825,000
7t. UFC 107: B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez, Dec. 12 - 650,000
7t. UFC 97: Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites/Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio Rua, April 18 - 650,000
9. UFC 98: Lyoto Machida vs. Rashad Evans/Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra, May 23 - 635,000
10. Wrestling: WWE WrestleMania 25, April 5 - 582,000
A couple quick items that are worth noting; while only two of the UFC's events that cracked the top ten came after UFC 100, an unprecedented string of injuries tore through the promotion with big name stars like Brock Lesnar, Anderson Silva, and Georges St. Pierre sidelined since late-summer.
And, as has been the trend for the last few years, expect the UFC to once again break their own record for PPV numbers in 2010 with a slew of big-time events lined up from spring till summer, starting with UFC 111 featuring two title fights and the return of GSP, all the way through UFC 116 which is expected to be headlined by Brock Lesnar.
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