MMA Payout has learned that World Series of Fighting14 this past Saturday drew an average of 229,000 viewers on the NBC Sports Network.
WSOF Ratings 1-14 (1-10 and 12-14 on NBC Sports Network)
WSOF 1 – 198,000 viewers
WSOF 2 – 210,000 viewers
WSOF 3 – 201,000 viewers
WSOF 4 – 264,000 viewers
WSOF 5 – 227,000 viewers
WSOF 6 – 161,000 viewers
WSOF 7 – 94,000 viewers
WSOF 8 – 212,000 viewers
WSOF 9 – 242,000 viewers
WSOF 10 – 365,000 viewers
WSOF 11 – 781,000 viewers (NBC)
WSOF 12 – 206,000 viewers
WSOF 13 – 246,000 viewers
WSOF 14 – 229,000 viewers.
Payout Perspective:
Disappointing ratings for WSOF”s latest offering which had Ryan Ford and Jake Shields squaring off in the main event. Certainly, one would have wished that WSOF could have put on a better card considering it was the only MMA event on this past Saturday. Of course, it was competing with MLB (Cards-Giants, which drew 5M viewers in reported fast nationals per TV By the Numbers), NASCAR and Ole Miss-Texas A&M which all aired within the same block as WSOF on NBC Sports. A re-air of the event can be seen tonight on NBCSN per company press release.
I don’t think boxing does well on that network either. I don’t blame WSOF for this. Not every network draws, regardless of the content.