Some the guys that SF has put the most effort into are guys from the Northern Cali region where SF is based out of. So when a guy like Cung Le is on the card, butts will be in the seats, however nation wide people can apparently care less.

Back to the payroll, given what Scott Smith has done for SF, they really need to compensate him better. That guy has been money for any promotion that isn’t the UFC over the last 2-3 years. He deserves better.

I’m not a Zuffa shill. I couldn’t care less about the UFC v. Strikeforce debate.

I’m just a numbers geek trying to make sense of the TV draws.

It’s not really something that can be compared directly on that level. I had Versus on my cable for years and didn’t even know it was there because it was placed so high in the numbers that I never really flipped through all the way. In a lot of places it isn’t available on basic cable too, it’s part of a expanded or even third tier package that puts the channel in the three digit range. That’s not to mention that available doesn’t mean that that many people actually do have it just that that many people can have it, not everyone has every channel available in their area on their tv.

If you have Showtime on your tv then you specifically chose to have Showtime on your tv and you are paying for that content, you also may be getting a guide in the mail and are probably keeping up with what is going to be on in a month. Showtime may not be in as many households but for the ones that do have it they have it for a reason, most people who have Versus don’t even know it’s there and never even turn it on. The comarison to make isn’t WEC viewers vs Strikeforce viewers it’s WEC viewers for this event compared to their averages from past event and to do the same for Strikeforce and see which of the two performed the best compared to their own historical trends.

Those are the numbers needed for a proper breakdown, thank you.

I doubt Showtime is very upset, the number was lackluster but not too bad, and I figure that Versus was prepared for a lower number being that it was a fairly weak card with few stars and no titles on the line. The real litmus test for the WEC will be 46, with a title unification fight, Faber’s return and Mike Brown on the card that ratings number will be very important to Versus.

The numbers aren’t bad in relation to past shows and the Showtime subscription number. I believe CBS’s last quarterly report stating 17.5 million subscribers, not 12 million, but it isn’t the 75 million homes that Versus reaches.

Not a bad showing for Strikeforce, but not unbelievable. It’s unfortunate since the event was awesome.

I was wondering what the WEC replay numbers were for the same reason, a lot of fans may of chose Strikeforce live because they knew Versus would rerun the WEC show later in the night.

dvr IS factored in eventually?