BTW, I remember reading that the UFC numbers are only verified by the UFC themselves and that the public records are not released like say HBO's on PPV numbers. So the numbers right there may be fudged up a little bit.

MMA in my eyes is like comparing the NFL to the EPL. The NFL while being hugely popular in America and a few neighboring countries like Canada isn't on par with the EPL which is hugely popular everywhere else. And that's how I view MMA compared to boxing.