UFC 190 - Ronda Rousey Predicted To Outsell Every WrestleMania Ever, Ronda Rousey - The Movie, More
- This weekend's UFC 190 was a giant success for the UFC, as it appears they have yet another monster pay-per-view on their hands, thanks in large part to Ronda Rousey. Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Dave Meltzer said that he's seen the DirecTV numbers for the event, and they're huge.
"As far as North America goes, it probably beat every WrestleMania ever. Maybe, maybe not Austin-Rock (WM17), but I can't be sure." Meltzer said on today's edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. For the record, the domestic record for WrestleMania buys is 970,000 for WrestleMania 17.
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- The UFC 190 success didn't stop there, as SportsTVRatings is reporting that the preliminary fights for the event drew 1.332 million viewers on Fox Sports 1.
- In addition to all of this, Variety noted that UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey has also sold the rights to her bestselling book "My Fight/Your Fight" to Paramount. Rousey will be playing herself in the biopic. Mark Bomback [Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Wolverine] will pen the script. Rousey, who recently starred in The Expendables 3, Furious 7 and Entourage, is scheduled to start filming Mile 22 with Mark Wahlberg early next year.