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Ratings Released for "UFC Main Event" Counter Broadcast

MMA Junkie brings us the ratings for Zuffa's counter broadcast to Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs. Rogers,

The 9 p.m. ET/PT airing of the special drew 1.2 million viewers, and the 11 p.m. replay drew an additional 939,000 viewers.

Over a million viewers for a cable replay package on Saturday night is nothing to scoff at but these numbers are significantly down from the UFC's other counter broadcasts.

The UFC previously countered two Strikeforce cards with replays of UFC 94 and a partial replay of UFC 100. The UFC 94 replay did 1.9 million viewers while UFC 100 drew 2 million viewers. Spike and Zuffa respectively lost 36% and 40% of their previous counter broadcast audience. Couple that with the CBS' ratings and it appears clear that the UFC came up short in their attempt to siphon off viewers.

Also, WKR has some issues with the Junkie's title "Spike TV's "UFC Main Events" draws 2.14 million viewers over two airings." While factual it doesn't accurately reflect the ratings for what Spike and Zuffa were attempting to do-- draw viewers away from CBS and Strikeforce. In that regards only 1.2 million viewers tuned in for the direct counter to CBS.

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completely agree with you. The MMAJunkie spin is odd.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 11, 2009 4:54 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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