UFC on FUEL TV 1 ratings garner 217,000 viewers for 'Sanchez vs Ellenberger' event on Feb. 15
by Geno Mrosko on Feb 17, 2012 2:36 PM EST
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) began its historic deal with FOX at the beginning of the year and just this past Wed., Feb. 15, 2012, held its first ever fight card broadcast on FUEL TV, which has turned into the unofficial UFC network.
The ratings are in for the UFC on FUEL TV 1: "Sanchez vs. Ellenberger" event , courtesy of Sherdog.com, and the show garnered 217,000 viewers for the three-hour broadcast.
For FUEL, a channel available in just 36 million homes, that's a smashing success. For the UFC, not so much.
The world's largest fight promotion's old channel, Spike TV, ran counterprogramming during the same three hour window consisting of repeat broadcasts of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 13 Finale and UFC Unleashed. Those shows together netted an average of 678,000 viewers.
All told, plenty of fight fans were watching UFC programming Wednesday night. Just not on the channel the powers that be would have liked them to.
UFC on Fuel TV featured a thrilling three round main event between Diego Sanchez and Jake Ellenberger. While "The Dream" was able to keep himself awake against the power-punching "Juggernaut," the hometown hero proved to be too much for the former Ultimate Fighter and took home the unanimous decision win.
Also in action, Ronny Markes and T.J. Dillashaw both picked up decision wins while Stefan Struve and Stipe Miocic each took home knockout victories. See who scored the Fight Night bonuses right here.
For all the information you need to know from the UFC on FUEL TV event hit up our results and live blog right here.
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Again, I’m not paying an extra $20 a month for a package that includes Fuel.
You have Over a hundred channels that come with basic cable. Choose one of those channels (Fox, FX, Spike, MTV, VS, etc) Don’t sign up with some obscure network that nobody has, expecting everybody to pony up an extra $20 just for the occasional second/third tier fight cards.
by War Forrest on Feb 17, 2012 8:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Fuel sucks balls
Why did they do this deal again? Cause it was like some pkg deal with Fox?
I live in America! Land of the coward, home of the slave. Watch that TV, go to that football game, that circus, CNN, MSNBC, FOX and other mainstream media are not owned by large corporations, they are always honest and fair and they never lie to you. Whatever you do don't read history books, don't study the constitution, do everything you can possibly do to be happy in life. Just don't ever get involved in your government, big brother will take care of you. Your elected officials always do what's in your best interest, there is no corruption in our government, good little sheep, just make yourself happy, just entertain yourself, the government is only here to entertain you and take care of you and feed you and make you happy, don't you worry your little head over world affairs.
by O damn he got caught on Feb 17, 2012 2:47 PM EST reply actions
it doensn't suck balls
it has TONS of mma programming. tell your cable company to fuck off if they want you to pay extra, switch to someone that includes it without having to pay a premium. if you stay with you cable and don’t do anything about it they will never change.
"If guns cause crime then all of mine are defective."
Not sure...
I applaud the UFC for making the fox deal but I’m not sure what the logic was to put fights on the Fuel network. Why not put all the programming on Fuel, but the live fights on FX? People aren’t going to pay extra $$$ to get the sports package from their local cable provider just for 3-4 UFC fights a year. At least not me.
What's Fuel cost?
If it’s like $5.00/mo maybe I’ll do it.
I live in America! Land of the coward, home of the slave. Watch that TV, go to that football game, that circus, CNN, MSNBC, FOX and other mainstream media are not owned by large corporations, they are always honest and fair and they never lie to you. Whatever you do don't read history books, don't study the constitution, do everything you can possibly do to be happy in life. Just don't ever get involved in your government, big brother will take care of you. Your elected officials always do what's in your best interest, there is no corruption in our government, good little sheep, just make yourself happy, just entertain yourself, the government is only here to entertain you and take care of you and feed you and make you happy, don't you worry your little head over world affairs.
by O damn he got caught on Feb 17, 2012 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
depends on your provider
it is included in my base package at no extra cost. i also have a middle of the road package, nothing too high dollar.
"If guns cause crime then all of mine are defective."
it cost me 9.99 a month with the sport package .. nfl netwrok , nba tv ..etc. its ok .. BUT ITS NOT HD.
So every morning this guy comes to my apartment complex to collect cans out of the dumpster he then crushes them .. turns out the guys name is fedor ..
I have Comcast.....
and it’s not even an option. I’d pay $10-$20 a month for it for sure…..but then again i’m a whore when it comes to MMA….
Mania is not quite Mania without the Arm Bar Bandit. Come back soon, ABB
Please copy this sig if you agree
ya that's terrible luckily in canada the fights are shown on sportsnet
I wouldn’t pay for fuel tv just for the ufc though if I had to.
by ElStIkO on Feb 17, 2012 2:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Fuck Fuel, I don't have that shit...watching illegal streams just to see free fights...the fuck son
Hopefully this shit will send them a message, not enough people have that damn channel..can’t put shit on an obscure channel then bitch cause it’s getting lousy views..
Spanking that ass and it’s funny as shit
then maybe people need to get rid of their crappy ass cable proivider
i have fuel with my basic satellite package, no premium or sports pack necessary. cable has been doing this shit to their customers for years and the customers seem to be willing got keep bending over and taking it. speak with your wallets, switch to a company that will provide you with the channels you want wihtou a special upgrade package. I know for sure directv and dish network have fuel, and i think verizon fios does too.
"If guns cause crime then all of mine are defective."
if comcast has not reached an agreement by the end of march
i will be switching to direct tv or dish. they need to get their shit together now. because of the soft cost of how much time their employees spend responding to customers asking about fuel tv (i know because when i called the chick sounded very annoyed as though thats all she had been asked about all day), they would probably see a return on the investment within 3-6 months and in the process, not lose any customers.
never have any regrets, because at the time, thats all you wanted to do
i've never tried comcast, heard way too many bad things
A company called Temkin Trust Ratings looks at the level of trust that consumers have in 143 large U.S. companies in a total of 12 industries, amazingly comcast not only managed to finish dead last, it also holds the second to last spot(one for it’s tv service, the other for its internet service).
Link if you interested-
"If guns cause crime then all of mine are defective."
I've had Comcast for the past 16 months......
and aside from not having FuelTV, Comcast has been great. They never go down, and they provide my phone, internet and cable tv. As an internet provider, they’re one of the best………but I’m seriously tempted to swtich to DirecTV because of FuelTV. I sent Comcast an email, but they never indicated that they’d be picking it up soon.
Mania is not quite Mania without the Arm Bar Bandit. Come back soon, ABB
Please copy this sig if you agree
Not enough have Fuel just yet...
;-)
In time..
formerly ZuffaAttacks
yeah once the current carriage agreements are up
fox will negotiate fuel into lower priced tiers i think. or if enough ufc fans switch providers and tell their company why they are leaving maybe the companies will change their tune.
"If guns cause crime then all of mine are defective."
i said it thursday that i knew more people were gonna watch spike then fuel ..
So every morning this guy comes to my apartment complex to collect cans out of the dumpster he then crushes them .. turns out the guys name is fedor ..
so lets really test you
what are the winning michigan 3 digit lotto numbers for tonight?
"If guns cause crime then all of mine are defective."
2-9-5
So every morning this guy comes to my apartment complex to collect cans out of the dumpster he then crushes them .. turns out the guys name is fedor ..
3-7-6
guess you don’t have the gift after all
"If guns cause crime then all of mine are defective."
by detroit_fan on Feb 17, 2012 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
I have AT&T U-Verse & the package I got does not have FUEL either.
& the worst part is hardly any of my friends have it either. Sadly, this was the first live UFC event I have missed in a long time & I was def pissed!! I think this has finally convinced me to go the Dish Network or Direct TV route
by El Conquisador de Amore on Feb 17, 2012 3:36 PM EST reply actions
I picked Directv becasue I wanted the Sunday Ticket
In my regular package I get Fox HD, FX HD, Fuel HD, and HDNet. I also get showtime for the Strikeforce events but that does cost extra. Pretty much all the mma content there is other than PPV’s.
"If guns cause crime then all of mine are defective."
Don't compare it to spike.
That’s what UFC on fx is for. This is the same as UFC on vs. nothing new or scary or different. Quit bitching like UFC betrayed you.
by Renofamous on Feb 17, 2012 4:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The shit was on a Wednesday night
And not in HD. Took me forever to find the fucking channel because I wasn’t looking in the standard def channels. Is it HD anywhere?
King Kong ain't got nothing on me!
Damn. But...
I guess I should be happy i get the channel at all then.
King Kong ain't got nothing on me!
i work for time warner
And they give so much shit away(ppv movies,months of hbo,showtime,etc,etc…..)to keep customers from going to another provider. If you call and tell them why you are disconnecting service,i wouldn’t be surprised if they gave you a deal or flat out gave you fuel included in your package. These companies are all looking to keep the customers they already have.
Anderson Silva is going to retire Sonnen in Brazil!
Women are at home with their husbands and children. Whores are at the club getting smacked by the Reem.
i thought about doing that cause my fn bill is high allready .. but i feel like they would call my bluff because i think my apt complex has a deal with comcast/ time warner where you can only have them has a service provider .. of course i could just say well i am gonna go to netflix.
So every morning this guy comes to my apartment complex to collect cans out of the dumpster he then crushes them .. turns out the guys name is fedor ..
customer service wouldn't know that over the phone
You could always try it and if they say no just not disconnect. I would recommend trying it though.
Anderson Silva is going to retire Sonnen in Brazil!
Women are at home with their husbands and children. Whores are at the club getting smacked by the Reem.
thanks for the adivce ..
So every morning this guy comes to my apartment complex to collect cans out of the dumpster he then crushes them .. turns out the guys name is fedor ..
no problem
Let me know how it turns out
Anderson Silva is going to retire Sonnen in Brazil!
Women are at home with their husbands and children. Whores are at the club getting smacked by the Reem.
That's awesome numbers
considering the 750’000 of us who were streaming, since we don’t have Fuel
you should totally twitter that on your facebook
for the providers that had it. There was a free preview of the channel that night. Most people probably didn’t know about it.
i knew about it
I even talked to Time Warner – Milwaukee and asked and they told me they’d have it. They didn’t have shit, unless I wanted to buy that package. Was suppose to be like the 13th-19th. No joy.
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