While the crowd at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif., looked to be robust, gate receipts for World Series of Fighting 4 reveal that more than 40 percent of the 2,775 fans in attendance were provided with “comped” tickets.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently requested and today received live gate figures for the Aug. 10 event, which drew 1,589 paid attendees and 1,186 comps for a live gate of $79,148.85, according to the California State Athletic Commission.

The gate figure represents an average of $49.81 per ticket sold or $28.52 per ticket issued.

World Series of Fighting 4’s main card aired live on NBC Sports Network. The event was headlined by a light heavyweight matchup between standout kickboxer turned MMA fighter Tyrone Spong and a gritty Angel DeAnda, who stood and traded punches throughout the 15-minute affair.

The total purse payouts for the event were $225,000, according to salary figures released by the CSAC.

Veteran kickboxer Ray Sefo temporarily stepped down as WSOF president to fight fellow heavyweight Dave Huckaba on the event’s main card and lost via second-round TKO. One-armed fighter Nick Newell shined by submitting “The Ultimate Fighter” veteran Keon Caldwell.

In its third event, WSOF cracked the $100,000 mark with a $106,573 live gate on 1,107 tickets sold. But a total of 1,394 free or “comp” tickets were issued for the event.

For complete coverage of WSOF 4, check out the MMA Events section of the site.

(Pictured: Ray Sefo)