MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for Saturday’s UFC on Fox 12. Fights featured on the main card received all of the bonuses for the night.
Matt Brown and Robbie Lawler won for Fight of the Night while Dennis Bermudez and Anthony Johnson won performance bonuses. Bermudez submitted Clay Guida and Johnson KO’d Lil’ Nog. All of the fighters received the standard $50,000 each.
Attendance at the SAP Center in San Jose, California drew 11,482 fans for a live gate of $735,317. The attendance and gate were announced at the post-fight press conference.
Payout Perspective:
While the attendance and gate did not match up to UFC on Fox 11 in Orlando, it still was a respectable figure which fell in line with the UFC on Fox 9 and 10. The UFC couldn’t ask for more with the Fight of the Night being the main event and getting a submission and a quick KO on the main card. It was a good variety of everything for the show. We will see if this equates to ratings. The last two summer cards have averaged 2.3 million viewers.
I wonder what the effect of having soccer as a lead and relying the UFC broadcast an hour will have on ratings?
I think this event should do better ratings. The main event had a lot of hype and anticipation. More than those Mighty Mouse cards. Expecting a 2.8 to 3.2 range. Just not sure about the effects of the soccer game.
Cant wait to hear the excuses when this card only draws 2 millon viewers. The Summer, Soccer, there were live episodes of the Kardashians playing
Fightbusiness as usual with more idiocies.
UFC on FOX 12 pulls 2.02 million viewers in overnight ratings (@davemeltzerwon) http://sbnation.com/e/5702100
2.0 M viewers on the overnight ratings…
UFC on Fox shows have been averaging 2.5 -3.5M viewers.. That number sucks considering Dana said TUF on FX would do 3M viewers… TUF on Spike was doing 2M viewers..
UFC on Fox has been averaging 2.7M viewers.. 2.7M number doesn’t include last nights card..
This number sucks!
If you don’t include the Cain Fight on Fox that did 5.7M viewers and the Evans and Davis card which did 4.57M viewers…
You don’t include the Cain fight or the Evans fight b/c those were not typical UFC on Fox cards. Also, there was a lot of general interest in seeing what the UFC on Fox cards were going to be…
Or you don’t include the 2 big fights because you are an idiot that cherry picks statistics and doesn’t know shit about anything.
average ticket is 65 bucks, building half empty. I guess people rather watch for free on TV. Should have been in a smaller venue, could have saved a lot in production.
I wonder what the UFC’s guarantee is on tv views? All you business experts must know what that is, you know points on views?. I bet Dan arrogantly negotiated a high number thinking they would be doing 3 to 4 million average by now on Fox. Views are all relative to the deal and costs. If you project and finance for 3 million and you do far less then is sucks. IMO anything over 1.5 mil is a success for a show that should have been a wec card, but like I said its all relative to costs.
More Saldaqueef bullshit. Fake numbers, total fabrications from this usher turned Arum propagandist. You don’t know shit and you lie about everything.
Yup lol you know everything D you cant disprove anything i said bahahaha
not cherry picking stats…..first two cards are not typical is quality or promotion to the next 10 cards……I’m looking at the 10 cards that have been typical UFC on fox cards.. also including the first two cards only raises the average slightly to 3.24M viewers…
3.24M viewers on basic cable SUCKS… anyway you look at it..
TUF on Spike was doing 2M viewers…
I wonder how Fox feels about the performance clause in the contract with the ufc, has the ufc upheld its performance?
Can someone get a copy of the UFC and FOX deal ?
Someone should write an article and do some analysis on this FOX contact and see whats in it.
Sal, you little queer. I’ve proven your bullshit to be false so many times, I don’t feel the need to do it every time you post. You are so full of shit it is unreal. What is amusing, is when I post facts, you completely run away from the argument.
Go back to sucking Arum’s dick you little mullet fuck.
“not cherry picking stats…..first two cards are not typical is quality or promotion to the next 10 cards……I’m looking at the 10 cards that have been typical UFC on fox cards.. also including the first two cards only raises the average slightly to 3.24M viewers…
3.24M viewers on basic cable SUCKS… anyway you look at it..
TUF on Spike was doing 2M viewers…”
That is the very definition of cherry picking stats. Perhaps you should reevaluate what cherry picking is.
You are an idiot as I pointed out.
To put some perspective on the UFC on Fox Numbers and on exactly how few people are watching MMA:
RIZZOLI & ISLES on TNT does 5M viewers
The Last Ship on TNT does 4M viewers
Mountain Men on History Channel does 3.5M
Reruns of Family Guy on TBS at 11pm does 3.0 -3.5M viewers
Reruns of American Dad on TBS does 3.0M viewers
Reruns of Pawn Stars on History Chanel does 3.5M+ viewers
Reruns of PAWNOGRAPHY is doing 3M viewers on CABLE!
Hell’s Kitchen does 5.5M viewers on Fox
The Millers on CBS does 5.5M viewers
Welcome to Sweden on ABC does 3M viewers
Last Comic Standing does 3.2M viewers
Elementary on CBS is doing 3.5M viewers
Hawaii Five O is doing 5.5M viewers on CBS..
UFC on FOX is doing WWE Total Divas numbers…
POINT: VERY VERY VERY Few people are watching UFC/MMA..
If very few people are watching mma, why do you care so much Topps/Sampson/Pink Pig, etc???
It must be burning you inside knowing these guys are getting paid 100m per year just from tv in the US alone.
bahaahaa you are such an idiots thinking the UFC got paid 100m thats what the deal is supposedly worth. All production and expenses come out of that number. Google television deal your Knob. baahahaha That number could also be the estimate on much higher viewing numbers. News Flash D=dummy advertisers dont pay as much fro shitty ratings. DUGHHHHH
HAHAHAHA!! You fucking fat slob. You don’t know shit. You have no idea what is in that contract. None. You don’t even know basic tax information, yet you are claiming to be some sort of expert on the UFC’s negotiated private deal with FOX. You are a colossal moron. For all we know they may be making more and they also may be making less. The truth of the matter is the only figure we are working with is an estimated 100m which has been reported. Your claims are completely unsubstantiated and you are accusing others of being ignorant? Plus, according to a few sources the deal was 116m per year.
You are such a fat piece of turd. HAHAHAHA!!!
D and Saidathief sound like two mentally disabled people at an asylum having a debate
Coming from a guy who accuses chestnuts of being lazy, I’m not really offended.
Do you think those numbers are solid D?
Can you break it down why people should be praising them instead of shitting on them?
Jake, do you think you are fooling anyone with your aliases Sampson/Topps/etc?
The only ones shitting on them are ignorant trolls who can’t tell their thumb from their dick.
This is my only screen name buddy.
People on plenty of message boards are shitting on them and they can’t all be internet trolls. If the numbers are consistently setting record lows in almost every department, it’s hard to not see a trend.
So again, what do you make of the ratings? Do you think Fox is happy and were these your expectations when the UFC was moving to Fox?
Keep attempting to convince yourself of that.
Yes, they are all internet trolls. It is the same 4 or 5 people rambling on using the same cliches and catch phrases because they are mostly boxing fanboys.
They aren’t setting record lows, you just don’t know what you are talking about.
Yes, I do think FOX is happy. Take a look at their ratings compared to everything else on FS1. NASCAR and the UFC are the only programming that aren’t completely in the gutter. The channel is doing very poorly and it has nothing to do with either of those two. As for the main FOX shows, they are putting low profile fights typically on, this isn’t like HBO or Showtime who put major titles on the line from time to time. These are usually either 125lb title fight headliners or contender fights. The one time they put a hw title on FOX it set nearly every record you could imagine.