Preliminary CBS ratings for Strikeforce: 'Nashville' averages 2.63 million viewers
by Jesse Holland on Apr 18, 2010 11:49 PM EDT
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The preliminary CBS ratings for Strikeforce: "Nashville" are in -- and I don't think anyone from the San Jose fight promotion is going to be breaking out the party hats.
"Saturday Night Fights" averaged 2.63 million viewers for the live network television broadcast and earned an anemic 1.0 rating. To put that number in perspective, Strikeforce was beat by America's Most Wanted and a repeat of Law & Order.
It also fell far short of their CBS debut last November when "Fedor vs. Rogers" drew 3.79 million viewers in the overnight ratings (and later peaked with 5.46 million in the main event).
The final numbers that include the remainder of the Shields vs. Henderson main event as well as the post-fight melee will be available Tuesday.
Here's a snapshot of the quarterly breakdown, courtesy of TV by the Numbers:
9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 2.57 million (#4), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#4)
9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 2.55 million (#4), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#4)
10:00 p.m. – Viewers: 2.89 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#2)
10:30 p.m. – Viewers: 2.52 million (#3), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#2)
Because the broadcast ran past the 11:00 p.m. cutoff, there is a chance those numbers could improve when the additional ratings are counted. Unfortunately it does not help that the viewership was already in a decline from 10-10:30 p.m. ET time frame.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for the final numbers this Tuesday (April 20). In the meantime, you can get yourself up to speed on all the action from last Saturday here and here.
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what do u expect, 3 straight 5 round fights of absolutely no action
they tuned in to watch gaygard and mo…but tuned out in the middle of the hump fest..came back to watch 2 rounds of aoki butt scooting across the cage and tuned out again…and got worse from there…
3 straight 25 minute fights..even i was surfing hbo, cinemax, and showtime to see what movies were playing several times through the night…that shit was unwatchable…and apparently america agrees with me
id like to see what the ratings were on spike for the ufc
by HellaHectic on Apr 19, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
i doubt they beat StrikeForce
but taking any viewership away is a win for the UFC
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on Apr 19, 2010 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
shields is a ratings killer....
at least SF should be happy that he goes away one way or another. Either Dana signs him and they can get a Cung Le stand/banger into a title picture for at least one exciting title bout or if he stays, Jacare ousts him from the throne in their upcoming fight probly in brutal form by either sub or from what he’s been showing crisp strikes.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Apr 19, 2010 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Americas Most Wanted
is the shit!!!
WAR John Walsh
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on Apr 19, 2010 12:03 AM EDT reply actions
you also missed the fact that.....
the show ran super late so network affiliates were very thrilled that their news programming was cut short.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Apr 19, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
hahha yea true dat...the older folks who tuned in at 11 to watch the news were pissed off
and i bet when the final numbers come back you will see a jump in viewership at 11…and it wont be because mma fans were tuning in…it will be from the people who were turning over to the channel to watch the news…sf will probably try to spin it to say “look our viewership doubled at 11 for the main event!!” bullshit…it was parents tuning in to see what the weather was gonna be like on sunday to make sure it wasnt gonna rain when they took the kids to the park
you know you're having some good sex when you start planning what you're gonna say in the 911 call afterwards...
by HellaHectic on Apr 19, 2010 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Psshhh
Not to take anything away from Gilbert Melendez, Mo Lawal and Jake Shields, but those fights were terrible. I’m not a knuckle-dragging MMA puke either…I love the MMA, but Gegard fell off of my “fighters to watch list”. Maybe he wanted to vacate the sucky Strikefarce belt and go back to M-1 with Fedor. King Mo owned him. Gilbert Melendez did a great job stuffing a one-dimensional fighter in Aoki and Jake Shields beat a gassed Hendo much to the chagrin of Coker, et al. “i’m not impressed with your jiu-jitsu, strikeforce” and the commentators were too much or too little…I mean, “these things happen in MMA”? WTF? The only high-light was Mayhem Miller! LOL! I mean, I was falling asleep! Three one-sided decisions…is that good or bad?
by RickNakedChoke on Apr 19, 2010 12:08 AM EDT reply actions
Crappy fights get crappy ratings!
But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies. - Kenny Powers
I'm still wondering
what the big deal was about Aoki and Mousasi. I was totally underwhelmed to say the least.
Hadoken!!
Mousasi was the next fedor down the road, and Aoki was/is the best pure Jitz artist in the game
we were all underwhelmed
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on Apr 19, 2010 12:19 AM EDT reply actions
can u imagine the ufc putting 3 title fights on the same card on free tv and getting these ratings?
look at the ufc’s next 3 title fights:
shogun/machida
brock/carwin
anderson/chonnen
now imagine all 3 of those fights on the same card…on free tv….and imagine it getting beaten by americas most wanted
Jim Ross had a interesting point of view
Jim Ross talks Strikeforce on CBS:
The actions of many involved in the post game fiasco cannot be tolerated and penalties of significance should be doled out.
The number of corner men and/or the fighter’s entourage allowed at cage side needs to be addressed and lessened.
Why was Miller even allowed to enter the cage in the first place. …I have no issue with Mayhem Miller making a grandiose challenge but I do feel how it was handled by all involved was bush league and not a good thing for MMA in general.
Where was the Fedor personality profile or highlight package? Isn’t Fedor allegedly the baddest of the bad and if so why was his persona not enhanced on CBS? Are there issues with Fedor’s ‘people’ or was this an oversight that saw Strikeforce’s biggest, MMA, mainstream star ignored?
Check out the full read at jrsbarbq.com (Ross talks about Mo Lawal, Melendez, Lashley and more)
Strikeforce: Nashville on CBS coverage
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
Good Ol J.R.
Hes not doing to well as of late (i know because he wasn’t on Wrestlemania, and checked it out)
Jerry The King Lawlor and Jim Ross would rape MMA commentating (:
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on Apr 19, 2010 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Jerry The King Lawlor is pretty good,
Bobby Heenan and Jesse Ventura were my favs, their commentating and quick wit against Gorilla Monson, was as entertaining if not even more so than some of the matches, their one liners and put downs were hilarious. Those were the good old days of wrestling.
His bells palsy has flared up again unfortunately so his career as an announcer is pretty much done
AND NEW UFC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD FRANKIE 'THE ANSWER' EDGAR
by David W-S on Apr 19, 2010 5:00 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
say whatever
but i believe that the fact that fedor is white is the reason he is not made out to be a superstar. tv loves for you to believe that blacks are superior athletes. cry racism all you want, but the racists are the racist zionists that control the media, not someone who calls them out for it.
sonnen imo
Shane Cawin....the next UFC HW champ....Mir......another puffy face with an added broken jaw....Brock you're next
by eagleswhat1 on Apr 19, 2010 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Wait how did Mo 'OWN' Gegard?
Cause last i checked Mo got his azz kicked for 5straight rounds all Gegard got was a cut on his nose WOW a CUT!
Seriously i hate the way fights are scored in the US and even in Japan its not alot better. Hopefully Gegard will become the next GSP while keeping his striking something GSP lost due to being scared of getting (t)KO’d.
If you dont like drugs then dont do them.....give them to me!
you're kidding right
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on Apr 19, 2010 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
haha yes nnr it appears its the argument of the day..even i get in on it with my .5 cent worth
the trend im beginning to see in mma is that takedowns are beginning to take over all scoring and wipe away everything that any opponent has done…..like a striker can throw a 30 punch combo on a wrestler but the wrestler can land one takedown and its like the 30 punch combo never existed…takedowns have become equal to what knockdowns are in boxing…its like you cant recover from them no matter what you do….
for instance…gaygard outstruck mo 172-93….and also outstruck mo on the ground 127-72…yet mo got the decision for the sole purpose that gaygard was striking up instead of down….and the evidence of gaygard’s complete striking dominance is clearly seen in mo’s completely swollen left eye…
gaygard outstruck mo 2-1 but mo’s takedown’s won him the fight…even though he did absolutely nothing after he got him down….mo landed 72 strikes on the ground..divide that by 5 rounds and you get about 18 strikes landed per round on the ground….whereas gaygard landed about 35 strikes a round on the ground….but mo’s tds completely cancelled out every strike that gaygard through…
mo won because he controlled where the fight took place..but it appears to me that the only thing he controlled was exactly which place on the mat that gaygard was gonna punch him from…
but tds have now taken over mma…once you land a takedown on an opponent you have pretty much stolen the round and there is nothing that your opponent can do short of taking you down or finishing you that will get him the round…especially if you land 2 tds in the same round…he can rock you with a 40 punch combo and a 20 kick combo and you will still get the round
you know you're having some good sex when you start planning what you're gonna say in the 911 call afterwards...
by HellaHectic on Apr 19, 2010 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
In this fight though the cold numbers don' tell everything.
First of all let me start with saying that compustrike is horse shit and only works in boxing. FightMetric all the way for MMA (seriously i highly suggest you look at their methodology and tell me they’re not the best metric for MMA). But as far as the volume of strikes landed, yet gegard was throwing more from the bottom but they were shields like punches and strikes. Mo was definitely throwing the harder strikes, advancing position. This was nothing like the 2nd round of Sanchez Guida where diego killed him yet tons of clueless fans thought the dryhumping was more efficient.
I leave you with the link below that reflects the bout in two fashions as opposed to compustrikes that doesn’t tell the story.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Apr 19, 2010 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions
yea i understand what you're saying, and that mma fights are judged on more than just strikes
but mixed martial artists are becoming more and more rare…havent you noticed that EVERY new mma fighter is a decorated wrestler? just look in the last year or 2 and all of the new fighters are wrestlers…mixed martial artists are disappearing…and i believe that within 3 years that there wont be a such thing as a true mixed martial artist….it will be nothing but wrestlers….because their style is perfect for mma…
for a wrestler to succeed in mma all they have to do is be able to take someone down and avoid a submission and they will win…thats sonnen’s only flaw, he can take everyone down but once he fights a black belt (maia, horn, babalu) he gets submitted…once he gets his sub defense down he will be unstoppable…
wrestlers dominate…they arent pretty, but they win…and in a few years when every fighter is a wrestler we’re gonna have nothing but grappling matches…very few wrestlers can strike….so we’re gonna start having division 1 champs facing division 1 champs and olympic calibur guys facing other olympic calibur guys and eventually the life is gonna be sucked out of mma…
i fear that every fight is gonna be jon fitch vs jon fitch….gray maynard vs gray maynard….chael sonnen vs chael sonnen….i hope im wrong but im beginning to see a pattern emerge here
you know you're having some good sex when you start planning what you're gonna say in the 911 call afterwards...
well the way i see it is that MMA works in cycles.....
especially in the grappling arts, it exchanges back and forth in terms of exodus from BJJ/sub grappling and then from Wrestling. Strikers rarely come into MMA becase there is uually more $$$ there and mma is costly to get into for people who can just easily walk into any boxing/mt gym and train for pennies. Yes right now we are seeing a vast number of wrestlers coming in but soon enouh when the young guys in BJJ have done all they can there, they’ll come into MMA and everyone will seem like maia, jacare or galvao. This notion that working from the bottom being dead is wrong IMO. You just have to be that good to make it work. Develop your defensive wrestling. MMA was once dominated by your Mark Kerrs and Coleman remember but then come your Igor Vovchanchyns and Jens Pulvers as a response. This is a self resolving issue that to me is part of the beauty of MMA. If someone can put you on your back….hen it’s your fault for getting there or no knowing how to get out/fight from there. And eventually, the skill levels will catch up and it will be up to the wrestlers to figure out way to get them down. That and the judging needs to be fixed in order to properly show who’s winning as opposed to meaningless tds or lnp with minimal strikes.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Apr 19, 2010 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions
agree
during the fights i posted a comment saying wrestling will kill mma – and subsequently got lambasted for it. what you are talking about is what i was referring to.
not only is it a predictable way to win, it is also crap to watch unless followed up by some serious GnP, which is why I favour Sonnen’s style.
But how to fix this you ask? Or call me a K-1-loving nuthugger that can’t ‘appreciate’ the ground even when it is boring as hell and my friends who are not fight nerds can’t enjoy without being bored … ?
MORE STRIKES PERMITTED ON THE GROUND!
Make the ground and the takedown worth more. Allow knees, allow guys to kick from the bottom. (google Anderson’s KO of Okami)
This will make ground fighting more decisive and allow more finishes and a lot more scrambles. A guy will not lay around a whole lot when he’s in danger. Danger brings movement, and scrambles = action!
I only wanted to watch this fight for
dan henderson and mayhem miller, the rest do not entertain me. I know this is mma but humping on the ground for 5 rounds is totally boring. The anderson silva was much more entertaining then this. In fact i refuse to watch jake shields, he makes GSP very entertaining!
ahh man i wud love to see nick diaz get his ass kicked in the ufc. i hated the way nate in his last fight sed at the end to joe rogan i wana thank my brother nick diaz “the best fighter in the world” or sumthn along them lines. i meen he fights a few nobodys in strikeforce and now hes the best in the world. i would love to see his head smashed in the ufc. gsp wud kick his ass and slam it all over the octagon but i dont think gsp wud giv him a painful beat down. thiago alves is the man. thiago is built like a brick sh**house wid muscles in places most ppl dont even have places. the guy is a muay thai wrecking machine and he wud HURTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT nick diaz like no other. after a beat down like dat he wudnt even think hes the best fighter in the world let alone say it. STRIKEFORCE SUCKS
I'm not a big Dana White fan, but...
he is proven right again – Henderson can’t sell a ticket, and is certainly not a headliner.
"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick
Quality Fights
Hey all – lets all stop the complaining…Strikeforce is providing us with great fights on free t.v…or you could go watch two washed up champs for $50 (with the UFC)…or Grove vs Munoz…SF provides quality fights…it is a far cry from EliteXC…where they were grooming Kimbo to be champ…and now the UFC is asking you to pay $50 to see him on ppv…
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