WEC 39 in Numbers

by Eugene Schelfaut on Mar 6, 2009 2:34 PM EST

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	MAIN EVENT	LOCATION	RATINGS	SALARY	GATE	BONUSES
WEC 28 June 3, 2007	Faber vs. Farrar	Las Vegas, Nevada		$134,000
WEC 29 Aug. 5, 2007	Filho vs. Doerksen Condit vs. Larson	Las Vegas, Nevada		$199,500
WEC 30 Sep. 5, 2007	McCullough vs.Crunkilton Beebe vs. Yahya	Las Vegas, Nevada		$154,000
WEC 31 Dec. 12, 2007	Faber vs. Curran Filho vs. Sonnen	Las Vegas, Nevada		$295,000
WEC 32 Feb. 13, 2008	Condit vs. Prater Varner vs. McCullough Torres vs. Beebe	Rio Rancho, New Mexico
WEC 33 March 26, 2008	Marshall vs. Stann	Las Vegas, Nevada		$213,000
WEC 34 June 1, 2008	Faber vs. Pulver Torres vs. Maeda	Sacromento, California	1.4 HH 1.54 mil viewers	$260,000	$738,855
WEC 35 Aug. 3, 2008	Condit vs. Miura Stann vs. Cantwell Varner vs. Hicks	Las Vegas, Nevada	.5 HH 423,000 viewers	$230,000	$116,900	$7,500 each $45,000 total
WEC 36 Nov. 5, 2008	Faber vs. Brown Filho vs. Sonnen	Hollywood, Florida	.5 HH 497,000	$287,000	$563,578	$7,500 each $37,500 total
WEC 37 Dec. 3, 2008	Torres vs. Tapia	Las Vegas, Nevada	.5 HH 671,000 viewers	$219,000	$90,125	$7,500 each $30,000 total
WEC 38 Jan. 25, 2009	Varner vs. Cerrone Faber vs. Pulver	San Diego, California	.65 HH 700,000 viewers	$217,000	$486,324	$7,500 each $30,000 total
WEC 39 March 1, 2009	Brown vs. Garcia	Corpus Christi, Texas	.6 HH 531,229		$297,990	$7,500 each $30,000 total
WEC 40 April 5, 2009	Torres vs. Mizugaki	Chicago, Illinois

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I don’t understand why the ratings were so low. Maybe it wasn’t promoted like it should have been.

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by lovingmma25 on Mar 6, 2009 10:00 AM EST reply actions

To a casual fan, only the main event was interesting and McCullough vs. Hicks probably didn’t help. =)

by Nick Thomas on Mar 6, 2009 10:11 AM EST reply actions

Even the main event wouldn’t have been that interesting. It was an extremely uninteresting card, all things considered.

by Michaelthebox on Mar 6, 2009 12:22 PM EST up reply actions

The only WEC card with great numbers was WEC 34, with Faber coming in as a dominant champ and Pulver coming off of the BJ loss and the exposure from TUF. The UFC promoted that event fairly well. Everything else is the typical WEC numbers we would expect from Versus.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Mar 6, 2009 1:43 PM EST reply actions

Is anyone privy to information regarding WEC’s contract with Versus? Their self promotion could undoubtedly be improved (all MMA has yet to really market effectively, but I digress), but I do place plenty of the blame on Versus’ limited appeal. I think that MMA has a very high capacity to engage channel surfers, particularly the ever valuable males 18-35. Who among us even navigates their cable guide to Versus with any regularity? I never do, and I’m a huge NHL fan. I think that’s very telling.

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by Blackout612 on Mar 6, 2009 2:01 PM EST reply actions

yea i would say the low ratings is due to it being on VS…..its a crappy, crappy channel…in my area u have to pay an extra $6 a month cuz its included in some sports pack that has the nfl channel and a few other shitty channels too…hell i didnt even know i had vs. till i heard about my first wec event and i checked my guide and wow i had the channel…but seriously no one even has heard of this channel…they need more mainstream support..i would suggest going to HBO…no matter what they offer its still gotta be more than what vs. gives zuffa and even being on a premium channel it would still probably get better ratings

by baldspot23 on Mar 6, 2009 4:50 PM EST reply actions

Let's blame Versus

Let’s forget the obvious:

1) Lack of cross promotion with UFC programming
2) Sunday night time slot
3) Has been used to counter other programs instead of focus on their own program
4) Small guys cannot sell a promotion alone.

by bignerd on Mar 6, 2009 9:41 PM EST reply actions