Strikeforce and UFC Saturday viewership

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SpikeTV has distributed another ratings comparison press release in the wake of last weekend’s Strikeforce on Showtime head-to-head with the replay of UFC 113. The release states that Strikeforce garnered a 1.38HH rating with an average viewership of 412,000 viewers while also drawing a 1.39 in M18-34 and 1.2 in M18-49.

By comparison, the UFC 113 replay drew a 1.1HH rating on an average audience of 1.5 million people and drew a 1.2 in M18-34 and 1.3 in M18-49.

Payout Perspective:

If completely accurate, the 412,000 viewers will be the third highest rated Strikeforce on Showtime event ever:

1.) Carano vs. Cyborg (576,000)
2.) Strikeforce: Miami (517,000)
3.) Fedor vs. Werdum (412,000)

I think many people expected this show to be Strikeforce’s highest draw to date, but it’s still a pretty good result and I’d expect the next fight to generate even better ratings. The fact that Fedor lost has surprised so many people that he’s probably even more popular now than he was prior to the fight (or if he’d won).


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Spike TV's Saturday night re-broadcast of May's "UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun II" event drew an average audience of 1.5 million viewers Spike TV officials today announced.



The event was aired to counter this past weekend's "Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Werdum" event, which reportedly earned approximately 500,000 viewers.



The UFC 113 broadcast was rated as the No. 1 most-watched programming in it's timeslot for all cable channels among men ages 18-34 and men ages 18-49.



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A basic cable channel, Spike TV is available in approximately 98.6 million homes. Meanwhile, the premium cable channel Showtime is available in approximately 18 million homes.


 


 

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 Not surprising that a hot chick (who's also a good fighter) is the top draw for Strikeforce

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fiercedragon - good for everybody...more mma!!!

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StrikeAnywhere -  Not surprising that a hot chick (who's also a good fighter) is the top draw for Strikeforce



Yeah SF is going to need Carano to come back. The woman puts asses in seats & a draw on TV as well.

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AmericanPsychoMMA - 
StrikeAnywhere -  Not surprising that a hot chick (who's also a good fighter) is the top draw for Strikeforce







Yeah SF is going to need Carano to come back. The woman puts asses in seats & a draw on TV as well.


 Is there any news on what her situation is?   Is he just going to do movies or something now?

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It's difficult for SF to achieve big ratings when they do a less than stellar job of marketing their events.

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Comparison of other #s

1.) Carano vs. Cyborg (576,000)

2.) Diaz, Cyborg, Herschel Walker, Bobby Lashley (517,000)

3.) Fedor vs. Werdum, Cyborg/Finney, Cung/Smith (412,000)

4.) Cung/Smith & Thomson/Melendez (341,000)

5.) Overeem vs Rogers (308,000)





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Great for Strikeforce.  They're a quality organization with good management that just keeps getting better.

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Meanwhile, Spike TV officials report that Showtime's broadcast of "Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Werdum" averaged 412,000 viewers, according to Neilsen Media Research. Showtime does not typically release or comment on ratings figures, but MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) was earlier today advised by industry sources that the Showtime ratings figure is likely an early estimate and does not take into account DVR data (P2+), which peg the total average viewership at 550,000.


 Leave it to UG News to leave this part out. These two estimates are the difference between an underwhelming result and a home run. Whatever the result, it was unfortunately cut down a bit by the fact that the fight only lasted 69 seconds. If it had gone into the later rounds, the peak viewership surely would have been significantly higher.