UFC's TUF 14 Finale Draws Tremendous Numbers On Spike

by Josh Nason on Dec 6, 2011 8:31 PM EST in UFC News

Michael Bisping's one-sided win over Jason Miller at the TUF 14 Finale was seen by 3.4 million viewers on Spike TV. (Photo Credit: Esther Lin/MMAFighting.com)

Despite the acrimonious relationship between the UFC and Spike the past few months, viewers turned out in droves for last Saturday's The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale.

Numbers released by Spike to Bloody Elbow showed an average of 2.5 million viewers, peaking at 3.4 million for the main event of Michael Bisping vs. Jason Miller.

The rating was a 1.7, the highest rated and most watched finale since the 10th season conclusion in 2009 that featured Roy Nelson vs. Brendan Schaub in the heavyweight finals, Jon Jones vs. Matt Hamill and Kimbo Slice vs. Houston Alexander.

Spike officials also added that the TUF 14 Finale was No. 1 with males 18-34 and 18-49 among ad-supported cable networks for the night. The numbers are impressive considering there was no real promotion between the UFC and Spike with pre-event press conferences, media calls or the like. The vast majority of attention the past few weeks has been focused on this weekend's UFC 140.

In addition to Miller vs. Bisping, viewers saw Diego Brandao submit Dennis Bermudez in the featherweight finals and John Dodson defeat T.J. Dillashaw by TKO in the bantamweight finals.

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I attribute this to Mayhem

and the season of fights had some buzz going

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by ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on Dec 6, 2011 8:34 PM EST reply actions 2 recs

agreed - too bad he shit his self when the cameras started rolling :\

by whoodzzz on Dec 6, 2011 8:39 PM EST up reply actions

I was one of many let down by Mayhem that night

we were all sorts of stoked headed into this fight

then it was just dismal

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by ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on Dec 6, 2011 9:42 PM EST up reply actions

The millions of MTV losers that tuned in must have disappointed seeing Mayhem getting a “Bully Beatdown”.

Two out of the 3.4 million must be idiots that watch those retarded reality shows on MTV.

by Shawn Foo on Dec 7, 2011 12:03 AM EST up reply actions

I attribute this to the coaches actually fighting on the card.

Seems pretty obvious.

Read: Toblerone Jones

by Neil Manich on Dec 6, 2011 10:11 PM EST up reply actions

Actual marquee names at that

by ihateemo on Dec 7, 2011 7:06 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Both exciting and sad

Exciting, because it shows that the Ultimate Fighter isn’t totally dead as a concept, and sad, since it makes you wonder how the last few seasons of TUF might have gone with better talent and better promotion.

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by Patrick Wyman on Dec 6, 2011 8:39 PM EST reply actions

I've been thinking they need to put "ringers" in the house

Instead of fast tracking prospects to the UFC they should put one or two on the show and give them some exposure. Imagine if Jon Jones, Rory MacDonald or something went on TUF.

by HaterSlayer on Dec 6, 2011 9:18 PM EST up reply actions