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Top 10 of 2012: No. 9 TUF moves to Fridays on FX; poor ratings move it to Tuesdays for 2013

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With the UFC-Fox relationship, much anticipation came with The Ultimate Fighter moving to the FX Network.  Despite a Friday night time slot, Dana White was bullish on the move. Via MMA Fighting: When signing the [FOX] deal more than a year ago, UFC President Dana White talked about drawing 3 million viewers weekly for TUF […]

UFC on Fox 5 Prelims: 1.2 million

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MMA Junkie reports that UFC on Fox 5 prelims on FX scored an average of 1.2 million viewers.  It is the first time that UFC on Fox Prelims have aired on FX. The three hour card showed all 7 prelim bouts as the one Facebook fight involving John Albert and Scotty Jorgenson was shown as […]

Payouts and updated ratings for UFC on Fox 5

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MMA Mania reports updated ratings for Saturday’s UFC on Fox 5 which reveals it doing much better than originally reported.  In addition, payouts for Saturday have been released with Shogun Rua and B.J. Penn leading the list. The final numbers show that the UFC pulled 4.4 million viewers with the main event receiving an average […]

UFC on Fox 5 Payout Perspective

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Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective as we take a look at UFC on Fox 5 from the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington.   In the main event, Benson Henderson defeated Nate Diaz to retain the lightweight title. The Smooth One Dominates Benson Henderson beat up Nate Diaz for 5 rounds to retain his lightweight […]

UFC on Fox 5 receives 3.41 million viewers

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Television By Numbers reports that UFC on Fox 5 last night scored 3.41 million viewers and won the 8:00pm time slot. It received a 1.6 rating for the 18-49 adult demo. UFC on Fox 5 did not have stiff competition in its time slot (“Frosty the Snowman” on CBS was second with a 1.1 rating). […]