Ultimate Fight Night 19 and the debut of The Ultimate Fighter Season 10 both aired Wednesday night on Spike TV. UFN 19 was broadcast live from the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in front of 7,500 in attendance, which drew a gate of nearly $650,000. The event featured a headline bout between Nate Diaz and […]
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Countdown to UFC 102 Rating, Viewership Increasing
Last night’s Countdown to UFC 102 on Spike TV did 523,000 viewers. The UFC has averaged just over 732,000 viewers this year for it’s Countdown program on Spike, which represents a 19.53% increase over last year’s average of 613,000. This year’s average doesn’t include UFC 94’s Primetime show for St-Pierre vs. Penn II, which was basically like Countdown to […]
Weekend TV Ratings Wrap-Up (Spike, Showtime)
Spike Wins Head-to-Head with Showtime Spike TV has claimed a clean sweep over MMA programming rival, Showtime, in last Saturday’s head-to-head battle, which pitted its UFC 100 replay against Showtime’s live Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg fight card. Spike’s UFC 100 replay drew an average of 2 million viewers and 513,000 in the key 18-34 demographic, while Strikeforce on Showtime drew an average […]
Punitive Decision Making in MMA: How To Handle The Grease
This is a subject I’ve wanted to write about for sometime now and as it happens, UFC 94 provided the proper timing and context for me to do so. The following is an article I wrote for maximumfighting.com earlier this week: The fight between Georges St-Pierre and BJ Penn this past weekend was many things […]
K-1 New Year’s Eve Rating
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that the four and half hour broadcast of K-1 Dynamite drew a 11.9 rating, down 12% from last year’s 13.5 rating. TBS finished in third place for night behind NHK’s Red & White concert (38.9 rating) and a NTV comedy show (15.4). The Fuji Network, the former home of Pride […]