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Although I pressed Dana White for the actual UFC 91 pay per view buy rates, the UFC President stuck by the company position and chose not to share this info. Fair enough, but it was not for a lack of trying on my end. When it comes to figuring out how many buys a pay per view may have done, there is always one source that historically shares this info. Dave Meltzer from The Wrestling Observer and Yahoo.com recently posted that UFC 91 did approximately 800K - 850K PPV Buys. While this number falls short of the 1.2 million projection offered up by Dana White, it still falls into the category of second best UFC PPV of all time.

In more UFC news, check out the UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 Preview (video); if this doesn’t rile you up for the year end big show, nothing will. Following this ppv will be UFC 93, where the main event fighters will be putting quite a bit on the line. There is a lot at stake in this fight so the question begs, Rich Franklin or Dan Henderson: Who Needs This Win More?. Speaking of Franklin, his teammate Jorge Gurgel has been released from UFC, but has quickly signed on with Strikeforce. Tough break for a fighter who came out on the losing end of “Fight of the Night” honours at UFC 91.

Great news for Canadian MMA fans. Carlos Newton Returns At Warrior 1’s Inagural Event on March 28th, 2009. This marks Newton’s return to Canada for the first time since making his MMA debut in April of 1996. He will be facing Nabil “The Thrill” Khatib in a welterweight battle that will be held in Ottawa / Hull at the Robert Guertin Arena.

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