UFC on Fox 5's main event did 4.78 million viewers (higher ratings to come)

[Jawnae**]

I don't know why the naysayers are flipping out and making comparisons verses say the Superbowl. The only way you can compare a UFC event to the Superbowl would be ratings of a super fight. A better analogy would MAYBE be say against Monday Night Football with ~16 million viewers.

Both UFC and soccer are gaining momentum, hardly failures, especially when you consider the people putting these sports to the mainstream are getting filthy rich along with the players/fighters.

Haters gonna hate. Bitch is gonna bitch.

"Soccer" aka FOOTBALL. Is already the WORLDS largest sport... What are you on about? o.0

 

[crowded]

Haha, so true..I remember getting UFC 2 on VHS at Blockbuster, and I felt the same exact way. Man, how times have changed.

I guess you dudes hadn't already rented porn.

 

[VanNucker]

It beat all the other networks in that time slot for 18-49 adults. I don't understand the numbers you are expecting for a new sport to the mainstream on a cable channel.

This is all that matters. This is a great start and it will only grow bigger.

 

[MMAfanWA]

Since when is 4.7 good? Nascar, fucking nascar even brings in 8-9m after decreasing a bunch.

Don't forget the average of the first 2 hours was 3.4. The entire show average is unlikely to break 4m viewer average. You can't just pick and choose numbers and call it a success, which 4.7 is nothing special anyways.

Cheer all you want about your cops re run type ratings.

That's NASCAR you fool. It started in the 1940s and has a huge, loyal audience

And 4.7 million viewers (in North America) is nothing special? You're either trolling or just a bit short on the ol horsepower up top

 

[Cazadores]

That's NASCAR you fool. It started in the 1940s and has a huge, loyal audience

And 4.7 million viewers (in North America) is nothing special? You're either trolling or just a bit short on the ol horsepower up top

4.7 for a sporting event on network tv is nothing special. Shows get that nightly. The UFC didn't get 4.7 though. It got 3.4, which will probably go up to 3.7 or so.

A re-run of Frosty The Snowman got 4.1m viewers at the same time UFC got 3.4.

Later that night 48 hours got 5.4m viewers.

 

[tkdyo]

4.7 for a sporting event on network tv is nothing special. Shows get that nightly. The UFC didn't get 4.7 though. It got 3.4, which will probably go up to 3.7 or so.

A re-run of Frosty The Snowman got 4.1m viewers at the same time UFC got 3.4.

Later that night 48 hours got 5.4m viewers.

frosty the snow man and 48 hours are both much more palatable to the mainstream. The UFC is doing pretty well for a young, violent sport that is still winning over the soccer moms to allow their kids to watch.

 

[925]

Rage! Rage ! Raaaaaaaaaaaage!!!!!!

 

[LegioTitan]

These prelims are crazy good fights. I'd happily pay for these alone.

 

[Cazadores]

frosty the snow man and 48 hours are both much more palatable to the mainstream. The UFC is doing pretty well for a young, violent sport that is still winning over the soccer moms to allow their kids to watch.

That's the point though. Numbers aren't great. There are no but, but , but this that or this. Numbers aren't good. You even just admitted.

Networks and people buying commercial time don't give two shits if UFC is a young, violent sport vying for an opportunity. They need numbers.

 

[yCoRrUpT]

The MMA population is growing faster than a sport like Nascar is. But those are concerning numbers.

 

[Evangelion]

That's the point though. Numbers aren't great. There are no but, but , but this that or this. Numbers aren't good. You even just admitted.

Networks and people buying commercial time don't give two shits if UFC is a young, violent sport vying for an opportunity. They need numbers.

you have no idea what you are talking about. The Ufc is bringing in better numbers than what the stanley cup did last year and the NHL gets almost 200 million dollars a year.

When the deal was first signed it was reported that Fox expected ratings between 3-6 million. They knew they didn't pay enough money to get the Ufcs biggest fights and never expected to receive them.

But go ahead and act like someone you know more than the Ufc president or the company that is paying them 100 million dollars a year. Clearly you must run your own network right?

 

[JudontknowMMA]

Stupid comparison

U sir, have been successfully trolled.

 

[JudontknowMMA]

Since when is 4.7 good? Nascar, fucking nascar even brings in 8-9m after decreasing a bunch.

Don't forget the average of the first 2 hours was 3.4. The entire show average is unlikely to break 4m viewer average. You can't just pick and choose numbers and call it a success, which 4.7 is nothing special anyways.

Cheer all you want about your cops re run type ratings.

I'm confused. Hasnt NASCAR been building a fan base for decades?

 

[Evangelion]

I'm confused. Hasnt NASCAR been building a fan base for decades?

he's a boxing troll. He never enters this forum besides to shit on the Ufc.

Btw Nascar averaged 5.8 million viewers this year per race. So the Ufc averaging 3 or 4 million per card while not even putting their biggest fights on network television is pretty solid.

 

[Sharkey]

you have no idea what you are talking about. The Ufc is bringing in better numbers than what the stanley cup did last year and the NHL gets almost 200 million dollars a year.

The number of live events included should probably factor in as NBC bought the rights to over 100 different NHL games per season with that deal. FOX gets, what, 20 or 25 live fight cards with theirs? Something like that?

 

[Saskatoonmike**]

That's the point though. Numbers aren't great. There are no but, but , but this that or this. Numbers aren't good. You even just admitted.

Networks and people buying commercial time don't give two shits if UFC is a young, violent sport vying for an opportunity. They need numbers.

Sponsors care about the make up of the demographic watching. The UFC leads most nights in one of the most prized demographics for sponsors. The 18-30 year old males.

they can make more money from sponsors owning that demographic then getting the more viewers who watched Frostie.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Since when is 4.7 good? Nascar, fucking nascar even brings in 8-9m after decreasing a bunch.

Don't forget the average of the first 2 hours was 3.4. The entire show average is unlikely to break 4m viewer average. You can't just pick and choose numbers and call it a success, which 4.7 is nothing special anyways.

Cheer all you want about your cops re run type ratings.

The World Series just did like a 7.. The NBA is in the same range.. It is Saturday night you know.. People got shit to do..

 

[Evangelion]

The number of live events included should probably factor in as NBC bought the rights to over 100 different NHL games per season with that deal. FOX gets, what, 20 or 25 live fight cards with theirs? Something like that?

yes but counting prelim shows(36 events = 36 prelims shows), plus 24 live cards and the ton of programming the Ufc provides for fuel and will for the new fox sports network it's closer than it seems.

Either way the Ufc obviously brings some value to network television and the people acting like this somehow means they won't be able to get another network deal are fools.

 

[Sharkey]

yes but counting prelim shows(36 events = 36 prelims shows), plus 24 live cards and the ton of programming the Ufc provides for fuel and will for the new fox sports network it's closer than it seems.

Either way the Ufc obviously brings some value to network television and the people acting like this somehow means they won't be able to get another network deal are fools.

Ah, good point about the prelims. Those are always on FX are they not? Legitimate question because, being from Canada, we get all the Fuel/FX/content from the UFC on one channel up here.

 

[Evangelion]

Ah, good point about the prelims. Those are always on FX are they not? Legitimate question because, being from Canada, we get all the Fuel/FX/content from the UFC on one channel up here.

no ppv and fox cards prelims are on FX and fx prelims are on fuel. Fuel prelims are actually on facebook so that's 6 less prelim specials. Still they get 55 live mma shows a year. That's quite a bit of programming.