UFC 106 prelim fights attract 1.3 million viewers on Spike TV
by Jesse Holland on Nov 24, 2009 1:57 PM EST
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Spike TV once again aired a portion of a UFC fight card on its network prior to a major pay-per-view (PPV) broadcast, as fans were treated to one hour of uninterrupted mixed martial arts competition featuring Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders in a welterweight showdown (among others) on the UFC 106: "Ortiz vs. Griffin 2" under card last Saturday night (Nov 21.).
Similar to UFC 103 in Sept. and then UFC 104 in Oct., which both attracted about 1.4 million viewers as the promotion began to test the idea along with its cable television partner, the UFC 106 featured prelim bouts aired commercial-free and garnered a 1.0 household rating for 1.3 million viewers.
Spike TV today announced that the hour-long, commercial-free broadcast was a big hit among men between the ages of 18 to 34, scoring more viewers in that demographic than the ESPN broadcast of Big 12 football rivals Kansas State and the University of Nebraska in a game to crown the Big 12 North conference champions.
Viewers were treated to Ben Saunders stunning technical knockout over Marcus Davis, as well as Kendall Grove's slick submission win over Jake Rosholt. While the program continues to do well, it is still considered to be a temporary endeavor.
For complete UFC 106 results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here and here.
Check out a video highlight package from "Ortiz vs. Griffin 2" below.
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I love MMA but this quote makes me laugh...
“Spike TV today announced that the hour-long, commercial-free broadcast was a big hit among men between the ages of 18 to 34, scoring more viewers in that demographic than the ESPN broadcast of Big 12 football rivals Kansas State and the University of Nebraska in a game to crown the Big 12 North conference champions.”
Try picking a game that people living outside of Kansas and Nebraska actually give a shit about…
by OJR on Nov 24, 2009 2:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Who Cares
As long as they keep showing them, they can say whatever they want. It’s a pretty sweet deal, though last Saturday’s were sort of a sham. All of them except the Larson/Foster fight were shown again during the ppv. But I guess that’s not really the fault of Spike or the UFC. So many injuries and Karo Parisyan things happened, there weren’t that many to show. Only missed out on the Uno/Camoes fight, so I’m happy with the deal.
by Amos14 on Nov 24, 2009 2:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
still dont know why
people picked Baroni……….he is still the man though
dude.....i am
by brendog on Nov 24, 2009 2:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i used to love joe
rogan and dana, not so much anymore, especially dana, man he is so full of shit after this tuf season and giving two bonuses to kock, oh sorry i mean kos, was one bonus for his acting scene, what a fanny for pretending like he did, i mean come on, get up like a man and youll gain more respect anyway imo
by tkkpal on Nov 24, 2009 2:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Spike and UFC should keep airring the pre-lims for free. Definitely a good build up to the PPV event to get people to order it. It’s also getting ratings and pulling people away from watching other sports on TV.
by Vic De Zen on Nov 27, 2009 10:55 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
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