I totally agree with you and thought the exact same thing. I think blaming the poor attendance on the economy is a copout to the real question and/or answer which he does elude to but doesn't outright want to say.
When the TUF 14 Finale in Vega's only the month before in December over Doubles your paid attendance things are not looking good and it has nothing to do with the Economy or MMA at all.
When you give away more Tickets than you sold and still have a little more than roughly equivalent 78% of the Tickets you did sell remaining unsold and probably really couldn't give away, your in deep trouble because nobody cares and is buying what your selling.
Look at UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber with a Bantamweight Weight Headliner and mediocre card overall still did 13,109 in Vega's in July and UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem also in Vega's in December did 13,793, so no issues there with the economy or MMA.
In my personal opinion like your own comments and as I have stated the Promotion is doomed and essentially a "Deadman Walking" and everyone knows it. And it isn't even that the Fighters or Fights are all that bad as much as know body cares and they pretty much meaningless as a second rate Promotion with second class meaningless titles.
To be honest who wants to watch a second rate product that makes no attempt itself to "compete" and never will make any attempt to be anything other than what it is, a second rate feeder organization now designed to be the Purgatory of MMA for the UFC.
