UFC 122: Marquardt v. Okami, held this past Saturday in Germany scored an average audience of 2.2 million viewers on Spike TV. The event airing on tape delay in the U.S. delivered a 1.4 hh rating – a 2.00 in M18-49 and a 2.16 in M18-34. The information was confirmed by Spike TV in an […]
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Versus to show WEC 52 pre/post-fight shows
With the UFC/WEC merger, Versus affirmed its commitment to MMA with a pre and post-fight show for Thursday’s WEC event. The success of the coverage will depend if the UFC continues with these shows. Versus, the exclusive home for the WEC, featured WEC live events and WEC Wreckage. Although things will change in 2011, Versus […]
K-1 World MAX GP 2010 Final Japan Ratings
FEG held this years K-1 World MAX GP 2010 Tournament Finale in Tokyo, Japan, which aired on the Japanese network Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) on November 8th. The event did a 7.6 rating on TBS, compared to the 10.7 rating it was able to pull for last year’s event. Though it is typical for MAX […]
Bellator in need of a television deal for season 4?
According to Middleeasy.com, Bellator is in need of a television deal for its fourth season. Coming off season three, Bellator’s television partners were Fox Sports Net and NBC. It is believed that Bellator’s head, Bjorn Rebney was seeking a better television dea for next season. FSN made it hard to find Bellator fights as it […]
Bell Satellite TV Planning to Drop HDNet
Canadian MMA fans received some disappointing news last week from Bell Satellite TV, a subsidiary of Bell Canada which provides satellite television service across Canada, when it posted on its Electronic Program Guide that HDNet would no longer be carried as of December 7th by the provider. MMAPayout has learned that the decision to drop […]