UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie | |
Promotion: | Ultimate Fighting Championship |
Date: | May 27, 2006 |
Venue: | Staples Center |
City: | Los Angeles, California |
Attendance: | 14,802 (10,347 paid) |
Gate: | $2,900,090 |
Buyrate: | 620,000[1] |
Previousevent: | UFC 59: Reality Check |
Followingevent: | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Finale |
UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006.[2] [3] The event took place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.
Headlining the card was a non-title catchweight (175 lb) match between then-current UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes, and UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie, the winner of UFC 1, UFC 2 and UFC 4. This was Gracie's first match in the UFC and in the United States since UFC 5.
The event drew 620,000 buys, becoming the best-selling pay-per-view in UFC history up to that point, and the first to break the $20 million mark in gross PPV sales.[4]
Royce Gracie: $400,000
Matt Hughes: $110,000
Jeremy Horn: $70,000
Brandon Vera: $32,000
Diego Sanchez: $24,000
Mike Swick: $14,000
Spencer Fisher: $14,000
Joe Riggs: $12,000
Gabriel Gonzaga: $10,000
Melvin Guillard: $10,000
Alessio Sakara: $10,000
Dean Lister: $10,000
Assuerio Silva: $8,000
Chael Sonnen: $5,000
Fabiano Scherner: $3,000
Matt Wiman: $3,000
John Alessio: $3,000
Rick Davis: $2,000
Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $740,000