The Staff at MMAJunkie have reported that WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez II garned 316,000 viewers airing on the Versus network this past Wednesday, August 18. Wednesday’s Versus-televised WEC 50 event scored an average audience of 316,000 viewers. MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the ratings information with an industry source. Payout Perspective: If accurate, these ratings are […]
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Strikeforce’s Big Fall Plans: MMA DVD Release, EA Sports MMA, & Hopeful CBS Show
Though not much has been heard from Strikeforce beyond their big upcoming shows this month which include the women’s 135 lbs GP in their Challengers 10 event from Phoenix and big card from Strikeforce Houston featuring King Mo vs Feijao Cavalcante and Tim Kennedy vs Jacare Souza for the vacant Middleweight belt, they have plans […]
UFC on Versus 2: 991,000 Viewers
MMAPayout.com has learned that UFC on Versus 2 drew a .86HH on the strength of 991,000 average viewers on Sunday evening. These numbers are down by just over 20% from the UFC’s debut on Versus last March, which saw the UFC earn a 1.1 HH rating with 1.24 million viewers. Payout Perspective: The numbers are […]
RDA TV Sells More UFC Programming
UK-based sports programming distributor RDA TV has reportedly sold a host of new MMA programming content to television networks in France, Turkey, and the Ukraine. The company has recently licensed UFC programming to ESPN Classic for France, Digiturk in Turkey and QTV in Ukraine. RDA TV previously licensed UFC programming to ESPN for the U.K., […]
UFC on Versus 2 Gets Split-Screen Commercials
John Ourand of the Sports Business Daily is reporting that Versus will experiment with the use of split-screen commercial breaks in its broadcast of UFC on Versus 2 this Sunday. Versus will run “five or six” of its commercial breaks in a split-screen format next to its live coverage of Sunday’s UFC2 on Versus at […]