BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Saturday’s 223 event drew an announced attendance of 17,026 and a live gate of $3,007,108.12.
UFC President Dana White announced the tallies at the post-fight news conference, which MMAjunkie attended. The gate total was a new venue record for sporting events, the UFC announced.
UFC 223 took place Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.
In the main event, Khabib Nurmagomedov (26-0 MMA, 10-0 UFC) became the new lightweight champion with a dominant unanimous decision over Al Iaquinta (13-4-1 MMA, 8-3 UFC), who took the fight on just a day’s notice. In the co-feature, Rose Namajunas (8-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) defended her women’s strawweight title with a second win over former champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC).
The event was the UFC’s seventh in the state of New York since MMA legislation was passed in 2016. Prior to UFC 223, the promotion visited Madison Square Garden twice, Buffalo, Albany, Uniondale and the first time around in Brooklyn for UFC 208 in February 2017.
UFC 223 ranked fourth in attendance among those five shows.
The UFC New York attendance marks since the 2016 legislation include:
For complete coverage of UFC 223, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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