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The Five Biggest Gates In UFC History Make For Interesting Reading

The Five Biggest Gates In UFC History Make For Interesting Reading

As this decade draws to a close it's worth having a look at the biggest gates in MMA over the last ten years.

Daniel Marland

Daniel Marland

The five biggest gates in UFC history have been revealed and it comes as no shock that Conor McGregor's main events dominates the list.

McGregor has become one of MMA's biggest fighters in the last half decade and it's clear to see it generates to cash for the UFC.

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The 31-year-old tops the list with his gate vs Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 back in 2016 raking in a staggering $17,700,000.

It was also the fight which saw McGregor hold two belts at the same time, leading to the infamous 'Champ-Champ' moniker.

You can check out the full list below.

  1. UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor (2016) - $17,700,000.
  2. UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor (2018) - $17,2000,000.
  3. UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields (2011) - 12,075,000.
  4. UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes (2016) - $10,700,000.
  5. UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor (2015) - $10,500,000.

Of the top five, McGregor featured in three of the main events and came close to breaking the gate record he set.

His highly anticipated match with Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018 intrigued many as the Russian is one of UFC's deadliest fighters.

McGregor went on to lose to Khabib and he hasn't fought in the octagon since.

Third on the list is the legendary Georges St-Pierre's victory over Jake Shields back in 2011.

It's the only fight from the top five that occurred in the first half of the decade, showing it's impact on the promotion.

St-Pierre was crucial to UFC in the early 2010's. (Image
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UFC 200 featured a women's main event of Miesha Tate vs Amanda Nunes.

Brock Lesnar also made his return to the promotion after a five year hiatus to take on Mark Hunt.

The show itself was marred with controversy after McGregor pulled out as well as Jon Jones being removed for a doping allegation.

UFC 194 cracks the top five with a main event of Jose Aldo vs McGregor, which is infamous for one moment alone.

'Notorious' ended Aldo inside 13 seconds to show the UFC had a megastar on it's hands.

He's set to return to the octagon to face Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone at UFC 246 in January and the gate is already at $10 million.

It's clear to see McGregor is one of the biggest box-office attractions in combat sport right now.

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Topics:ย Conor Mcgregor, MMA News, UFC, MMA