UFC 159 Does Solid PPV Sales

(Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports)

For those disgusted at the UFC's matchmaking decision to give Chael Sonnen a shot at Jon Jones's light heavyweight title, this news is going to be quite unwelcoming – UFC 159 put up some solid pay-per-view sales numbers.  Dave Meltzer reports the event is the second-highest selling of 2013 for the company, with estimated sales in the 520,000-550,000 range.

The event only trails UFC 158 in sales for 2013, and is pretty much on par with what Jones tends to sell when he headlines a card.  Which will surely act as positive reinforcement for the UFC negative matchmaking behaviour.  Sigh.