Strikeforce ratings for 'Fedor vs Rogers' peak with 5.46 million television viewers on CBS

I didn’t say that it dropped low I just said that it dropped. If you look at the ratings everytime that he has fought it has been a decrease in ratings. I am by no means saying that he doesnt have a huge drawing power. I think that fedors ratings will do the reverse and go up.

i just dont see it happening for the simple fact that there is no one for him to fight after werdum and overreem…ufc isnt gonna let any of their top hw prospects leave anytime soon…so is strikeforce gonna go through other sam’s club stores looking for more employees that fedor can beat up?

they gonna bring tank abbot or butterbean in for him? after the next 2 fights there arent any top contenders for fedor to fight…

yeah good points.

Regardless, Kimbo may be the better draw right now…

But Strikeforce didn’t market this fight really at all. And they still got this much viewership. That’s impressive.

Imagine how well Strikeforce would have done with a UFC like hype and marketing team

There is always new fighters coming up, and Strikeforce has a great system (Showtime Challenger Series) for making new stars.

Bobby Lashley might be a year away from getting a shot but a few wins over top talent would put him in position for a shot.

Josh Barnett would be a legit contender in a year when his suspension is done.

and if Arlovski could get back on track alot of people would say “he was doing well before he made his mistake”

there will be plenty of challengers in the future don’t kid yourself.

Exactly what I was thinking. There are lots of HW prospects out there who wants to be the best. I´m sure SF will bring a lot of great fights in the HW division. By the way UFC doesn´t really have a great HW div. I would rather see Overeem, Fedor, Rogers, Bigfoot, Barnett, Aleks, Kharitonov and Herman then Brock, Carwin and Cain.

@bob lawblah….STRIKEFORCE CANT HAVE UFC HYPE CAUSE THEY DONT HAVE UFC TALENT FOR FEDOR TO FIGHT!

when you hype a guy as “THE GREATEST MMA FIGHTER IN THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH” you better be damn well able to back that up….and prove it every time he fights…

@markie who says “theres new fighters coming up, strikeforce has a great system for making new stars” are u serious? thats how fedor is gonna continue to prove he is “THE GREATEST MMA FIGHTER IN THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH” by beating guys who no one has even heard of?

thats like drew brees and the saints playing a high school football team to prove to people they’re the best team in football….

First off, what fighter in the UFC can bring in 100,000? please don’t say brock. Tito Ortiz is the only one who possibly off name has a chance.
   As well, people were watching to see Fedor. if 4.5 million people tuned in to watch him, then 1, Strikeforce and CBS made millions in the minutes before, during and after the fight in commercial sales. Remember, commercial rates can change based on numbers.

2, Werdum is a hell of a fighter and it was horrible for the UFC to get rid of him. Dos Santos is on fire! just a bad night. Overeem is a paper champ and not really credible as a heavyweight. I see him winning the strikeforece belt and the UFC trying one more time to sign him. if it falls through, I honestly see him retiring.

You don’t think Brock’s name is a huge draw?

Hella do you think Kimbo still has drawing power after he got exposed twice on national television??? You are saying Dana has Kimbo but does that really even matter anymore? People tuned in because of all the hype Dana and the UFC put behind it when they knew themselves the fight really sucked. I just don’t think Kimbo is that much of a draw anymore. You also think the casual fan actually cared or knew about the opponents Kimbo has fought? Hell no they just knew kimbo could knock people out and the punch Fedor threw saturday night was more impressive than anything Kimbo has delivered. People I know who don’t watch mma at my work now know who Fedor is and are just amazed at the fact he beat a huge black dude twice the size of him haha. Those are also ex kimbo fans we are talking about so I think strikeforce did their job pretty well.

So, your MMA ranking is based on “obvious talent”?

Tiger Woods has talent, so if he fought once should he be ranked #1 at MW?

At 2-1, Brock came close to beating Mir and had him in danger before the piss poor stand-up and point deduction then destroyed Herring for 3 rounds in much more impressive fashion than Big Nog had done, when Heath was coming off a win over Kongo. Lashley’s biggest wins are over Bob Sapp and Jason Guida, the latter being a far from impressive performance over a talentless bloated LHW or couldn’t even make weight for TUF.

Brock is also a full-time MMAist unlike part-time TNA wrestler Lashley and was a far more successful amateur and pro wrestler, making him a more decorated athlete and a bigger name than a clumsy idiot who sounds like a child when he speaks.

Lashley could be a great MMAist but Brock is taking his career a lot more seriously and is a bigger and better fighter than Bobby. He’s also a lot more charismatic so he can sell millions of PPVs, Lashley has no idea how to promote himself or a fight and sucked as a pro wrestler, his promos were laughable. Saying that Lashley deserved a UFC title shot more than Lesnar is laughable, he’s not getting fastracked but he’s also not the athlete or the name that Brock is so he isn’t anywhere near as marketable and wouldn’t be able to beat top HWs like Brock did.