The USA Today reports that the UFC is planning to have Benson Henderson defend his lightweight title against Nate Diaz on December 8th at UFC on Fox 5. In addition, it appears that BJ Penn will return against Rory MacDonald and Shogun Rua will take on Alexsander Gustafsson. At this point, only early season college […]
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UFC 150 Prelims: 974,000 viewers
MMA Junkie reports that the FX prelims for UFC 150 scored just 974,000 viewers. The ratings were the third lowest since the prelims moved to FX. The other two prelims (rated lower) were UFC 147 and UFC 142. Notably, both of those events were out of Brazil. To further the evaluation the buy rates for […]
Payout Perspective: UFC 150
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we’re in Denver, Colorado where Henderson-Edgar II took place in a controversial decision. Henderson retains title in questionable decision Another solid fight between the two without a clear winner. Of course, it goes to the judges’ decision. And the champ retains the title. Yes, everyone thinks […]
More UFC on Fox 4 ratings
Ratings for the UFC on Fox 4 received an average viewership rating of 2.435 million viewers which is higher than first reported. In addition, MMA Junkie reports the Prelims on Fuel TV received an all-time average high of 194,000 viewers. The final numbers for UFC on Fox 4 came out better than UFC on Fox […]
UFC on Fox 4: 2.14 million viewer average
Television By the Numbers reports that UFC on Fox 4 received an average of 2.14 million viewers and peaked at 2.36 million. The UFC ran second to the Olympics in ratings for Saturday night. The breakdown is as follows for the 18-49 demo: 8:00pm – 0.9, 1.91 avg. viewers 8:30pm – 1.1, 2.10 9:00pm – […]