According to Television By Numbers, episode 8 of The Ultimate Fighters scored an average of 1.177 million viewers. It received a 0.8 household rating and earned a 0.6 for the 18-49 adult demo. Spike TV released numbers contrary to those from TBN: a 1.12 household rating (including a 1.1 in males 18-49 as well as a […]
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Zuffa’s Former WEC Staff Takes Over Strikeforce
All it took was two events after the Strikeforce purchase was announced for Zuffa to take over the Strikeforce promotion and replace the staff, quickly disproving the “business as usual” motto tied to the acquisition two months ago. According to MMAPayout sources, May 9th, 2011 was the last day Strikeforce was an MMA promotion under […]
Bellator 44: 325,000 viewers
This past Saturday’s Bellator 44 on MTV2 drew the largest audience of its season with 325,000 viewers tuning in. The telecast also delivered the network’s highest M18-49 rating in the time period according to an email sent by MTV2. Bellator 44’s strong showing was up 90% in P18-49, 23% in M18-34 and 77% in overall […]
Cablevision offers MMA channel
The Sports Business Journal reports that Cablevision is launching a channel focusing on MMA. Fight Now! will be offered on Cablevision’s sports and entertainment tier beginning May 24th. Cablevision’s sports and entertainment tier is currently in 100,000-130,000 homes. The channel will only be offered on Cablevision for its New York audience. A bit of irony […]
Paul Heyman helping Carwin for UFC 131 Countdown show
According to Shane Carwin’s twitter and the Wrestling Observer former pro-wrestling promoter Paul Heyman is producing Spike TV’s UFC 131 Countdown show. Heyman originally was scheduled to assist with Brock Lesnar and now is helping Carwin. According to the Wrestling Observer (subscription required), Heyman was hired by the production company producing the UFC Countdown shows […]