pay-per-view
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pay-per-views
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adjective
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pay-per-view
First recorded in 1975–80
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After becoming a double champion in 2016, McGregor faced Floyd Mayweather the following year in a lucrative boxing bout, before defeat by Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018 in the biggest-selling UFC pay-per-view of all time.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Mayweather beat fellow welterweight Pacquiao in their money-spinning 2015 "Fight of the Century," which generated a record 4.6 million pay-per-view buys but largely failed to live up to the hype.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
The goal is to make the UFC bigger than ever by dropping the high-barrier-to-entry pay-per-view business model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
"There's little question that he was WWE's most important economic wrestler throughout that time - in terms of pay-per-view buys, which were still central in that era, TV ratings, and as a house show draw."
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
Kerr’s early contests often ended in less than two minutes, an oops-I-missed-it-grabbing-a-beer brevity that would have made pay-per-view buyers grumble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Mike told me about having been a fan for decades—signing up for the cheaper pay-per-views, grabbing tapes to catch individual fights, following Dana White’s ascent from well-connected, Vegas-schooled businessman to international sporting titan.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2024
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
"I think it would be one of the biggest pay-per-views ever, and I know I can win," he said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 14, 2021
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
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
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