Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor official live gate totals $55 million, good for second-best of all time

It turns out the live gate for Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor was not the all-time record most figured it would be, but the numbers are still pretty astounding.

MMAjunkie today confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that the Aug. 26 pay-per-view event at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena drew an official gate of $55,414,865.79. Twitter user @jedigoodman first reported the figures Tuesday evening.

The official attendance of 13,231 included just 137 complimentary tickets and represented an average revenue of $4,188.26 per ticket issued.

All-time boxing great Mayweather (50-0 boxing) earned a 10th-round TKO over McGregor (21-3 MMA, 0-1 boxing) in the much-hyped superfight, which is still expected to set a record as the most-watched pay-per-view event of all time.

The all-time record for a live gate remains Mayweather’s May 2015 win over Manny Pacquiao, which earned nearly $72.2 million in ticket sales.

Mayweather, who retired after the win over McGregor, now owns the top four boxing gates in Nevada history – and six of the state’s top seven totals – according to NSAC records.

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