UFC Primetime 'St. Pierre vs Hardy' grabs record-high one million viewers
by Jesse Holland on Mar 12, 2010 10:41 AM EST
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The UFC scored a ratings bonanza for its premiere episode of "Primetime," the first of a three-part series featuring an in-depth look at the upcoming UFC 111 welterweight title fight between current champion Georges St. Pierre (19-2) and number one contender Dan Hardy (23-6).
According to the cable television network, the debut episode aired on March 10 at 10:00 pm ET on Spike TV and recorded a record-high one million viewers for a 1.1 rating overall.
In comparison, last year's "Primetime" special, constructed around the colossal UFC 94 welterweight title fight between St. Pierre and BJ Penn landed 880,000 viewers for a .73 rating.
Episodes two and three of "St. Pierre vs. Hardy" will air on March 17 and 24, respectively, while the debut episode will be replayed tonight at 11 p.m. ET.
For more on UFC 111 click here.
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shoulda just added this to my fan post
not like you’ll get “Kevin type” comments on this thread! lol
The show was good.
Too bad they have all this build up for a one sided beatdown of a fight. They really should do these when the fight will actually be competitive.
I was disappointed it wasn't for someone other than GSP
its no secret that I’m a big GSP fan but we’ve seen him in a PT already…its a great show but I think Mir/Carwin woulda been cool too
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
by McArthur... on Mar 12, 2010 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
yep...and I agreed with ya...I know he works harder than anyone and likes the club
It was, however, cool to see how much he has improved….Those jumping squats, his vertical leap, and training excercises are completely insane… I tried a few of them at the gym this am
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
by McArthur... on Mar 12, 2010 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
im surprised
That GSP, Faras, and GJ allow the footage to come out before the fight – about all the power lifting new stuff
but i guess it’s a little late for Dan to respond with a change in program himself.
I want Ricardo Arona to sign with the UFC and his first fight should be James Toney. This is a win win scenario for MMA
by Bigger Zino on Mar 12, 2010 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
I laughed when some posters claimed that they could do the same vertical leap in another thread. GSP is an insane athlete.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
is this where you join the cue to hump his leg whilst he jumps over a giraffe?
Fedor with a gun... ULTIMATE DANGER!!!
by Spinning Fat Kick on Mar 12, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
If it makes you feel better, Hardy is a good athlete, too. I am sure that he can jump over Serra. Don't mistake admiration for blind GSP worship, SFK. Barking up the wrong tree, mate.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
no offence intended
just poking the bear, stirring the shit etc.
Fedor with a gun... ULTIMATE DANGER!!!
by Spinning Fat Kick on Mar 12, 2010 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
its called trolling
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
by McArthur... on Mar 12, 2010 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting... Chief McArthur
First officer of the Troll Police
please don’t flag me sir…
Fedor with a gun... ULTIMATE DANGER!!!
by Spinning Fat Kick on Mar 12, 2010 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
lol
if it quacks like a duck, and swims like a duck….
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
by McArthur... on Mar 12, 2010 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
Mac, perhaps if you could see past your own sphincter
then you would see that I was merely suggesting that everybody is getting a bit hyped up on the taste of GSP’s nuts recently. If I had placed the same comment about a fighter you didn’t like, then you would have had no objection. I’m finishing work in a couple of minutes and I don’t know when I’ll next be on mania, but hopefully when I come back I won’t find I’ve been banned. please be merciful Chief.
Fedor with a gun... ULTIMATE DANGER!!!
by Spinning Fat Kick on Mar 12, 2010 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
lol...nice
stirring the shit and poking the bear is trolling…whether you like it or not…Nobody says shit to you but you stick your 2 cents in anywhere you can in an effort to “poke the bear” or “stir the shit”. Your clearly an example of someone who can dish it out but can’t take it.
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
by McArthur... on Mar 12, 2010 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
SFK, its not that serious. Your opinions are always respected. Its all good, man. Relax.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
Guys, relax
I’m a GSP fan and I admire his talents, but even I can see SFK was joking. There’s no trolling here.
Tito interviewing Babalu: "I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by the fight, what you saw, in the ring."
Tito interviewing Fedor: "Let me tell you how you feeling right now?"
That was good. ^^^
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
*Cop car gif.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
and by cool you must mean a lot more interesting
Big GSP fan here too but im getting saturated with GSP content. It doesn’t help sell the card either because everyone already knows and has decided about buying GSP vs Hardy
INTICE them with the other product being offered
I want Ricardo Arona to sign with the UFC and his first fight should be James Toney. This is a win win scenario for MMA
by Bigger Zino on Mar 12, 2010 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
At least GSP showed a little emotion.
He seemed mad and cockey. Which is an improvement over his typically boring self.
I thought the exact same thing!
He is usually Mr. Nice Guy all the time, last night he didnt even smile, he did look like he had a chip on his shoulder. Thats by far the most serious I have ever seen him, he just seemed differant. I think he is going to absolutely DEMOLISH Dan Hardy. I dont think Dan understands whats going to happen in there on the 27.
he did say something like "ohkay, we'll see Hardy"
but it’s all part of the production. the producers told him to sound pissed.
Tito interviewing Babalu: "I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by the fight, what you saw, in the ring."
Tito interviewing Fedor: "Let me tell you how you feeling right now?"
Agreed BZ
I’m bored of hearing about this fight.
Fedor with a gun... ULTIMATE DANGER!!!
by Spinning Fat Kick on Mar 12, 2010 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
I could not agree with you more, BNF.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
i missed it..is it worth watching tonight..
or did i really see it when it was about him and bj..guess i could get to know hardy better..i think he is a good fighter..and he does have a personality..but i don’t think he will do well against georges..
they talk about how he got into wrestling. his workouts are insane.
Tito interviewing Babalu: "I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by the fight, what you saw, in the ring."
Tito interviewing Fedor: "Let me tell you how you feeling right now?"
it def worth watching sarah....
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
by McArthur... on Mar 12, 2010 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
They are all pretty much the same but I would say yes, watch it.
The workouts clips are quite different… GSP’s insame athleticism is featured as always and Hardy’s decade old approach to training. Maybe I am reading too much into it but there appeared to be a significant difference in training routines…. knowing full well of course, we only see what gets edited into the show.
Enjoy the ride!!!
i think Dan Hardy is a cool cat, he doesn’t annoy me one bit like he seems to annoy everyone else, he is very entertaining in hyping fights…At the very worst, this will be an entertaining fight…win or lose, I think if hardy just shows up and represents himself well in the octogon then it will be worth watching. St. Pierre is a great mma fighter and is worth the money just to see perform against anyone. I am roothing for Hardy so it will be fun to be in the building and feel the energy for that fight.
Great Card, we’ve all gotten a little spoiled with mma having more than one good fight on a card to look forward too…I love both boxing and mma and I’ve dealt with so many horrible undercards for boxing, that I appreciate that I can watch every fight in a card in mma and find something captivating in each fight to keep me entertained.
I love being a fight fan right now especially with all the events in especially mma and boxing in the next month and half.
Enjoy the ride everyone!!!!
Yeah the Alves vs Fitch fight could of used more exposure
They are the second and third best WW in the world.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
exactly
I want Ricardo Arona to sign with the UFC and his first fight should be James Toney. This is a win win scenario for MMA
by Bigger Zino on Mar 12, 2010 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
That fights barely been mentioned
I bet that fight ends up being a lot better than the 2 main events, I’m looking forward to seeing an improved Alves avenge the Fitch defeat. Shame that a significant and potentially great fight between 2 top 5 WWs has been largely ignored.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
by David W-S on Mar 12, 2010 11:13 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
They might not wanted to overshadow the main event but I agree to many this fight is much more competitive than the main event.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
I have a bad feeling it will be identical to the first....
Fitch gets the takedown, doesn’t do much, round over. Repeat two more times. Fitch UD.
The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it. - Albert Einstein
Word!!
Personally I thought Hardy shouldve had to have fought one of these guys first. They are the two toughest guys GSP has fought. From Marcus Davis & Mike Swick straight to GSP is quite the jump in skill level, sorry did I forget Rory Markham as well.
agreed, but...
if Alves or Fitch beat Hardy, they would have to face GSP. It’s been done.
Tito interviewing Babalu: "I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by the fight, what you saw, in the ring."
Tito interviewing Fedor: "Let me tell you how you feeling right now?"
Wahts with showing all the fighters getting their mohawks done in these shows
first rogers now hardy
Fedor played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
AMERICA.....FUCK YEAH
I don't know
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
by McArthur... on Mar 12, 2010 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
I also felt creeped out when they showed Hardy coming off the elevator and they just show his face and he’s staring into my soul with a smick on his face like he’s about to sodomize me…I felt dirty after seeing that.
"To me, MMA is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other."
by Buster Bluth on Mar 12, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
I like hardy I think he's guna upset gsp!
Hardy is hilarious.! When he said he was guna smack the fake tan off of gsp O something like that =D
by d*locc on Mar 12, 2010 12:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions
that was funny, Hardy is funny guy and he's growing on me alittle
But George is going to hurt him bad. And the hair stuff on primetime or whatever the show is called is not needed. Keep that for the ladies if they ever get one of these shows/
Open up the Shit Gates and God Bless Marv
I'm suprised gsp can put his pants on with every1 clinging 2 his nuts =D
Hardy just talks trash 2 get on2 peoples heads. He duznt wish death on anybody like Mir & Davis. He respects all the fighters.
by d*locc on Mar 12, 2010 12:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Hardy did say some funny stuff on pt.
As for GSP’s nice guy attitude, I saw him on off the record the other day, and he said that since english is his second language he doesn’t like to get into a war of words, because he’ll always lose it. Funniest comment of the show goes to the voice over: “Dan Hardy has steamrolled his way through the welterweight division”.
I'm always thinking one step ahead. Like a carpenter . . . who makes stairs.
by supernova224 on Mar 12, 2010 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
Perhaps Hardy should become a comic after this fight then......
Given that he has a sense of humour. Way out of his league on this fight….period. He has fought a bunch of nobody’s so far.
Hey - who cuts your hair?
Cheech Marin - Up in Smoke
by hairybumcrack on Mar 12, 2010 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
Anderson is a joke lol
But at least he gave props to BJ at the end lol :)
Open up the Shit Gates and God Bless Marv
this site is gettting odd
im taking a few days off. i hope its back to normal then. peace
Open up the Shit Gates and God Bless Marv
girlfriend!
so my girlfriend hasnt been into mma. so there is always a slight disturbance when i want to watch fights when she wants to watch ugly betty, or if i want to ditch plans with her to go watch with the boys. last night i tried a new tactic and asked her to watch prime time with me, hoping that a little background into the fighters lives and training would spark some interest for her. she really got into the show. she said she even wanted to throw a party for fight night. thank you zuffa!.
I keep telling my wife and her friends that's just a
protective cup but I guess they can think what they want.
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