UFC spikes competition with knockout ratings
by Jesse Holland on Sep 19, 2008 11:53 PM EDT
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UFC Fight Night 15 came out swinging Wednesday night and garnered the #1 spot among men 18-34, 18-49, 18-24, and 25-34. The Spike telecast drew 913,000 men 18-49 and 465,000 men 18-34 for a combined draw of 1,378,000.
The event from the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska averaged an audience of 1.8 million viewers with a peak of 2.3 million during Nate Diaz's battle with Josh Neer in the main event.
While Fight Night 15 had a lower peak than July's Fight Night 14, which peaked with 4.46 million viewers, it should be noted that FN14 was held on a Saturday night and had the luxury of Anderson Silva in the main event.
Still, those numbers were enough to sack the gang at ESPN who went deep with College Football's Louisville vs. Kansas State game and also struck out the boys at ESPN2 who tried to hit a home run with Baseball's American League pennant race.
Even combining the two could not submit the UFC and Spike as the all-sports network needed two events to draw 858,000 men 18-49 and 373,000 men 18-34 for a combined draw of 1,231,000.
In addition, the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 8 ranked #1 with men 18-49 in its time slot with an average audience of 1.6 million viewers.
Not too shabby.
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I had to DVR “Sons of Anarchy” that night.
by the_mexicutioner on Sep 20, 2008 12:09 AM EDT reply actions
been offline for a week, but has anyone hearD that Bisping (if he beats Chris) and Hendo will be the new coaches on TUF9.
by MoonUK on Sep 20, 2008 3:00 AM EDT up reply actions
yes i have, it will be a team of british figters vs a team of american fighters.
by GNP on Sep 20, 2008 3:58 AM EDT up reply actions
They should have had USA vs Brazil.
by the_mexicutioner on Sep 20, 2008 7:27 AM EDT up reply actions
UFC 92:
Cain Velasquez vs. Mustapha Al-Turk (grappler who signed 4 fight deal with UFC)
by john on Sep 20, 2008 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Al-Turk….another Brit!! unfortunately he’s rubbish.
Looks like the UFC are picking up a few Cage rage stars. Not sure why??
by MoonUK on Sep 20, 2008 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
For those of you who don’t check the UFC website you can go there and check out the Joe Lauzon vs Kyle Bradley fight from Wednesday.
by BNF on Sep 20, 2008 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
more cans for the JOKE cain velasquez, hell get owned by any top contenders
by brendan on Sep 20, 2008 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually find Cain to be a very promising fighter!
by john on Sep 20, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Does anybody know why the UFC have signed LHW Italian Ivan Serati???
Belfort completely thrashed him at cage rage 21 last year, then he lost to Marc Goddard this year. Whats going on??
by MoonUK on Sep 20, 2008 7:01 AM EDT up reply actions
they need somebody else rather that alessio sakara to sell the ufc in italy.
btw I am italian and I would much rather watch veteran ufc fighters than alessio sakara or ivan serati..
by shamo84 on Sep 20, 2008 7:45 AM EDT up reply actions
It just makes no sense for Serati to sign for the UFC. Strikeforce yes but not the UFC.
by MoonUK on Sep 20, 2008 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
sakara is an awesome fighter, very exciting
by brendan on Sep 20, 2008 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
good show man. reminds me of rescue me when it first started…same for it’s always sunny… i started watchin both those shows right from the start and told ppl about em but took a few seasons for my friends to catch on and really start watchin. Aside from HBO I think FX puts out the best shows on a consistent basis.
by Crowls on Sep 20, 2008 12:33 AM EDT reply actions
Yeah. It kind of sucks that “The Sheild” will be gone after this season.
by the_mexicutioner on Sep 20, 2008 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I honestly think vic mackey would make anderson silva pis* in his pants..
by shamo84 on Sep 20, 2008 7:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah right. Dudes rich, but he works nonstop. I feel bad for that guy and respect how much he puts into it.
by RyanHobbs on Sep 20, 2008 2:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Still Miss The Sopranos and still dont get the ending
by DBG on Sep 20, 2008 1:23 AM EDT reply actions
On a side note I was just watching TUF 1 were Kenny fought Chris it reminded me of the Kenny fight with Roger (run for your life), It looks like Kenny runs away from anybody that are strikers. Still bitter about the Roger, Kenny fight Dana’s fight of the year. Getting back to subject a fight that I would like to see that may actually be fight of the year would be Joe Lauzon Vs Roger Huerta. Joe likes to bang and so does Roger. Also would like to see Clay Vs Sherk. Clay is very underrated the guy is 4-3 in the UFC should be 6-1 he didnt lose to Tyson or Din. may be a good challenge for BJ he would really test BJ’s cardio.
by hk on Sep 20, 2008 1:34 AM EDT reply actions
Joe Vs Roger dumb fight roger wins again just hype behind joe . Clay vs sherk -- Sherk clay isnt there Yet and may never be not strong enough to lay and pray against sherks lay and pray
by DBG on Sep 20, 2008 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Great! I hope this sport grows and grows. I wish we could see fight every week. Congrats!
by WDC on Sep 20, 2008 2:56 AM EDT reply actions
This sport will grow, everyone likes a good fist fight…
by newguythegunman on Sep 20, 2008 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
now everyone knows why dana s doin more n more television cards wow he made some cash wed nite
by cyd cyanide on Sep 20, 2008 2:57 AM EDT reply actions
Huerta vs. Lauzon…
Called for that a few days ago…would be a banger. Let’s hope Joe Silva reads these boards.
Thinking about trying out for the next season of TUF. If I win
this upcoming Pankration tourney- I might give it a shot…
http://mmamania.com/2008/09/17/full-circle-joe-lauzon-ufc-fight-night-15-exclusive-interview/
by Ground-Game on Sep 20, 2008 3:21 AM EDT reply actions
And the sad thing is two of the most exciting fights — the Alessio and Lauzon fights — didn’t make the broadcast. Someone’s head should be rolling for that one (especially the Alessio knockout — that was a thing of beauty).
by Soups on Sep 20, 2008 9:02 AM EDT reply actions
The Lauzon fight was on UFC.com for free yesterday.
by the_mexicutioner on Sep 20, 2008 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Right, but as far as “growing the sport” the television exposure the better — especially for good, competitive fights. More people are going to see the fight on Spike than on the UFC Web site.
(Though it’s nice that they posted it for free on the site. And I’m sure they’re trying to attract people to the Web site as well.)
by Soups on Sep 20, 2008 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
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