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UFC 105 Ratings

MMA Payout is reporting UFC 105's ratings. UFC 105 on Spike TV drew a 1.9 HH rating for an average 2.9 million viewers last Saturday night. The event also fared well in the M18-34 and M18-49 demograp...

Fedor Emelianenko vs Brett Rogers finishes eighth among top ten most watched fights in US history

There has been a lot of talk about the ratings success (or failure, depending on what side of the promotional fence you're on) after the Strikeforce/CBS prime time debut of "Fedor vs. Rogers" from th...

Parsing Dana White's Comments on CBS and Strikeforce

Dana White's comments to Dave Meltzer about Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs. Rogers have been making the MMA blogosphere rounds and WKR decided to examine each point White made. "CBS made its biggest mis...

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 ...

UFC's Dana White Makes the Case Against Strikeforce on CBS

Dave Meltzer gets the Dana's reaction and points out how well UFC on Spike has done relative to Strikeforce on CBS: "CBS made its biggest mistake partnering with a tiny, small show with a roster no...

Strikeforce Ratings Analysis: Fedor Emelianenko Delivers Strong Main Event Ratings

I was initially discouraged by the Strikeforce ratings news, but the final number for the Fedor fight was very good.  5.46 million viewers tuned in and saw Fedor fight.   People are going to...

Strikeforce's Fedor Emelianenko vs Brett Rogers Seen by More Than 5 Million Viewers on CBS

MMA Fanhouse has the story: The final Nielsen ratings are in and 5.46 million viewers tuned in Saturday to watch Strikeforce and M-1 Global's main event between Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers fro...

Fedor vs. Rogers Draws Over Five Million Viewers

One of the principle questions going into Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs. Rogers centered around the drawing power of Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers. Fedor was notorious for his inability to secure l...

Was Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers a Success for CBS?

The key word, in the above mentioned question, is success and how do the involved parties define success. For CBS it is all about ratings. Saturday Night Fights lost its time slot in overall viewers ...

Snapshot of the Day: Fedor Emelianenko Drops a Bomb on Brett Rogers' Face

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