UFC 109 ratings on Spike TV attract 1.7 million viewers
by Jesse Holland on Feb 9, 2010 1:10 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 fight fans were treated to one hour of uninterrupted mixed martial arts competition on the UFC 109: "Relentless" under card last Saturday night (Feb. 6).
Similar to UFC 103 last 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, select UFC 109 prelim bouts aired commercial-free and garnered 1.7 million viewers for a 1.2 household rating.
That number beat the 1.5 million viewers tuning in to last month's UFC 108 under card -- and pretty much any other prelim offering since the Spike TV special debuted late last year.
Spike TV today announced the broadcast was also a big hit among men between the ages of 18 to 34 and 18-49, scoring a 1.6 rating and a 1.1 rating, respectively.
Viewers were treated to Mac Danzig and Melvin Guillard taking home "Relentless" decision victories. The Vegan warrior outpointed Justin Buccholz while "The Young Assassin" did enough to sway the judges against Ronnys Torres.
For complete results and coverage of UFC 109: "Relentless" click here and here.
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how do they come up with the viewer numbers?
do they calculate it by the number of recievers on the channel or do they have a formula of x amount of people per tv?
They do this for all the TV shows?
It determines what sponsors would invest in commercials at certain times. How accurate they are?
"He broke tim sylvia’s arm…...So what?" – Brock Lesnar
LOL Relentless decisions
I tip my hat to you sir
I made 10 grand on mmaplayground in 2 UFC shows so don't question me
This is a great idea by spike/ufc
They were even talking about the prelims on the local sports radio show i listen to on my way into work!
"When they took away headbutts, I had to learn some skills." Mark Coleman
im sure spike's happy also
those are strong ratings so its a win win… wonder how the comercial free aspect affects things?
"When they took away headbutts, I had to learn some skills." Mark Coleman
HEELLLLOOOOO
How about doing the same thing for us Aussie fans on Fuel TV.
Please.
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