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Dana White’s “The Fighters” Canceled After One Episode

February 6, 2014 by MMAPayout Moderator 8 Comments

Dana White’s “The Fighters” debuted a couple of weeks ago on the Discovery Channel and drew a disappointing 347,000 viewers. A number Dana White himself called “horrendous”. The show hasn’t aired since, which led to speculation that the show could be canceled. After weeks of doubts from fans, The Fighter’s Peter Welch finally responded yesterday […]

UFC on Fox Sports Ratings (1/06 – 1/19)

February 4, 2014 by MMAPayout Moderator 1 Comment

MMAPayout will be covering in detail the FOX – UFC TV deal, quarterly and weekly, in order to analyze the performance of both properties throughout the lifespan of the TV deal. In this edition, we will be looking at the UFC on FOX sports network ratings for the week of 1/06 – 1/19. Week: (1/6 […]

UFC 169 Prelims: 933K viewers

February 4, 2014 by Jason Cruz 6 Comments

John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reports that UFC 169 Prelims on FS1 received an average viewership of 933,000 viewers. According to Ourand, it was the highest rated show on the network during Super Bowl week. UFC Prelims on FS1 UFC 164 809,000 UFC 165 722,000 UFC 166 628,000 […]

UFC 169: Payout Perspective

February 3, 2014 by Jason Cruz 6 Comments

Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at the Super Bowl Weekend card taking place at The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Barao handles Faber To paraphrase Richard Sherman, “Barao is the best fighter in the game, when you put up a mediocre turtle defense like Faber, that’s […]

UFC on Fox 10: 3.2 million viewers

January 31, 2014 by MMAPayout Moderator 2 Comments

MMAPayout has learned from Nielsen sources that UFC on FOX 10: Henderson vs Thomson did a 1.9 national rating and an average of 3.2M viewers. The 3.2 million viewersship number was upgraded greatly from the initial overnight rating of 2.55M viewers, which did not factor in the overrun and West Coast viewership. UFC on FOX […]