Example Sentences

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Certainly Dana White realized he could sell more pay-per-views by playing up personal insults and grudge matches.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026

Alvarez continues to be the biggest star in boxing, fronting 10 pay-per-views since serving a six-month suspension in 2018, earning millions of pounds in the process.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2022

He writes and structures AEW programming — which includes four weekly shows and four pay-per-views each year — and those boyhood dreams of booking for a company have come true.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Mayweather's defeat of the Filipino generated over $400 million from 4.6 million pay-per-views.

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2017

Two women fight one of the most successful UFC pay-per-views and your choices to fill the gap are, except for Rousey and Holm, men?

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2015