According to reporter John Ourand of Sports Business newspaper, UFC 262 sold 300,000 tickets to buy tickets on ESPN+ in the United States. That figure is only domestic numbers, excluding international tickets.
At first glance, 300,000 tickets may be disappointing for the UFC 262 event. However, it is reported that the lower ticket purchase volume is due to the fact that the tournament is only shown on ESPN+.
UFC 261 also has 700 thousand tickets to buy tickets on ESPN+, but this is a big event with three belt matches. Meanwhile, UFC 262 was affected when the Nate Diaz vs Leon Edwards was canceled, so 300,000 tickets were also numbers that many people predict.
In the Focus match of UFC 262, Charles Oliveira confronted Michael Chandler to compete for the Lightweight belt. Although it is a very attractive match, both are not big stars, while the match between Tony Ferguson and Beneil Dariush or another match, Eddson Barboza against Shane Burgos, may have been more attractive.
At the end of UFC 262, Charles Oliveira won against Michael Chandler with TKO in the second half to become the new king of Lightweight. “Under” Beneil Dariush also defeated former King Tony Ferguson to win. Unfortunately for UFC 262 because these are all very good matches.
UFC's next event, UFC 263, will take place on June 12. This tournament witnesses the matches between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori 2, Deiveson FigueireDo against Brandon Moreno 2 and Nate Diaz against Leon Edwards. With more famous stars, UFC 263 may have more tickets than UFC 262.