John Morgan of MMAJunkie reports on desire of both Georges St-Pierre and Josh Koscheck to endure Olympic-style drug testing prior to their championship fight tentatively scheduled for December 11th. At Monday’s “The Ultimate Fighter 12” media day at the UFC Training Center in Las Vegas, opposing coaches Georges St-Pierre (20-2 MMA, 14-2 UFC) and Josh […]
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UFC 114 Prelims: 1.6 Million Viewers
MMAPayout.com has learned that the UFC 114 Prelims on Spike TV drew a 1.1 HH rating on the strength of an average audience of 1.6 million viewers on Saturday night. The broadcast also drew a 1.6 in M18-34 and a 1.55 in M18-49. Quarterlies: 1376k, 1535k, 1689k, 1784k Payout Perspective: The UFC 114 Prelims rank […]
UFC 114 Buyrate Prediction: 700,000
MMAPayout.com uses statistical regression analysis to match both the viewership numbers from Spike TV’s Countdown to UFC and the live gate figures reported by athletic commissions against the PPV buyrate numbers for each UFC event. The analysis produces a linear equation, which can then be used to take new Countdown or gate information and predict […]
Hershman on Showtime Production
Loretta Hunt of Sherdog recently interviewed Ken Hershman, vice-president of Showtime sports and event programming, to discuss Showtime’s relationship with Strikeforce. The entire article is an interesting read, but nothing more so than the following talk about television production. “The business objective there is to sell pay-per-views and they use Spike TV as a vehicle. […]