MMA Junkie reports that Saturday night’s Strikeforce event on Showtime garnered an average of 571,000 viewers with a peak of 778,000. It was the fourth highest rated Strikeforce-Showtime show ever. The list of the top five Strikeforce-Showtime shows as compiled by MMA Junkie: “Strikeforce: Silva vs. Fedor” (February 2011): 741,000 viewers “Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum” […]
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Strikeforce Challengers 17 comps most of tickets for Vegas debut
MMA Weekly reports that 1,876 fans attended the Strikeforce Challengers 17 event held on July 22nd for a total gate of $42,987. Of the 1,876 attendees, 1,418 were comped tickets for the fights at The Pearl at The Palms Resort in Las Vegas. Via MMA Weekly: Strikeforce Challengers 17 pulled in a crowd of 1,876 […]
“Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson” – 8,311 attendance and $638K live gate
MMA Junkie reports that 8,311 fans attended Saturday night’s Strikeforce event for a gate of $638,470. The event took place at the Sears Centre Arena outside of Chicago. Via MMA Junkie: This year’s Chicago-area show featured a heavyweight headliner between MMA legends Dan Henderson and Emelianenko. Thanks largely to that super-fight, most tickets were sold […]
Strikeforce Challengers 17: ratings and payouts
MMA Junkie reports that last Friday night’s Strikeforce Challengers 17 garnered an average of 232,000 viewers. The average reflects the fourth highest in “Challengers” history and an increase from 210,000 viewers for Challengers 16. In addition, the payout list was revealed via MMA Junkie: Bobby Voelker: $11,000 (includes $5,500 win bonus) def. Roger Bowling: $4,500 Devin […]
Overeem out of Strikeforce HW Grand Prix
News came out Monday that Alistair Overeem was removed from Strikeforce’s Heavyweight Grand Prix set to continue in September. Overeem, appearing on the MMA Hour this week, acknowledged that he was scheduled to fight Bigfoot Silva on September 10th, but thought that the date was too soon. He tells MMA Fighting that he was promised […]