ratings

UFC on Fuel TV 8: 485,000 viewer average

March 5, 2013 by Jason Cruz 16 Comments

Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that UFC on Fuel TV 8 was the most watched UFC live event in the network’s history. Saturday night’s event from Japan scored twice the previous high of 485,000 viewers. Also impressive was that the rerun received another 219,000 viewers. Wanderlei Silva versus Brian Stann was the main event […]

Bellator MMA Live (91): 901,000 viewers

March 1, 2013 by Jason Cruz 22 Comments

Television By Numbers reports that last night’s Bellator MMA Live (91) received an average of 901,000 viewers and a 0.4 rating for the 18-49 demo. The replay of the event scored 341,000 viewers which culminated in a total of 1.242 million viewers watching the event. Bellator 85: 938,000 viewers Bellator 86: 812,000 viewers Bellator 87: […]

UFC 157 Prelims: 1.267 million

February 27, 2013 by Jason Cruz 4 Comments

MMA Fighting reports that UFC 157 Prelims received an average 1.267 million viewers. The 2 hour show preceding the big event Saturday is average for the prelims on FX. The show was down from UFC 156’s Prelims which was the highest average for prelims on FX. The prelims for 157 included the Fight of the […]

Initial UFC 157 PPV buys show impressive debut for women’s MMA

February 26, 2013 by Jason Cruz 24 Comments

MMA Fighting reports initial indications that Saturday’s UFC 157 PPV buy rate are very strong. The PPV featuring women for the first time in the UFC is said to have done 40% better than UFC 156 Super Bowl Weekend. Now all we have to do is to figure out that number. The LA Times Lance […]

A look into the past ratings of UFC 157 main event fighters

February 23, 2013 by Jason Cruz 4 Comments

As we get ready for Saturday’s fights, we take a look at how well the top of the card did in its recent fights with respect to ratings. Ronda Rousey Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman – 529K viewers Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey – 431K viewers No PPVs to go on here but Rousey’s fights have been […]