MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Episode 8 of TUF 19 received an average viewership of 497,000 viewers. This week was slightly up from the prior week despite going up against the Stanley Cup.
Episode 8 featured the “Coaches’ Challenge” sponsored by Autozone which actually was a kayak race between the coaches. Despite Edgar’s protests that the challenge was rigged, BJ Penn won the race proving that he is a true Waterman. In the fight of the episode, Eddie Gordon defeated Mike King.
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The live rating is a surprise considering the Stanley Cup featuring the two biggest media markets (NY and LA) were going on at the same time and the game went into overtime. We should see a considerable bump from DVR viewership as one might assume many fans of both MMA and hockey recorded the show to watch hockey.
Yawn….sinking ship
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No big upcoming ufc fights this year…..hahaha
these numbers are not bad they are just mediocre. but why is the UFC pairing these guys up? Its freakin weird. Get a compelling fight going. I’m sure if they were setting up a good fight the numbers would hit about 800k an episode which isnt bad for a reality tv show
This season of Tuf was a miss calculation on the UFC’s part. No one really cares about any of these 2 fighters. Both are past their prime and Edgar couldn’t knock out a girl so another boring decision with Frankie winning again and less then 300 ppv buys I guess these fighters still owe the UFC some fights so what the hell, but crap numbers. This should have been a tuf 5 years ago. Might be a reflection of newer fans that dont even know who BJ even is.