Strikeforce Miami ratings/ UFC counter programming !!

This past weekend's "Strikeforce: Miami" event, which featured two title fights and the promotional debuts of WWE/TNA star Bobby Lashley and former NFL great Herschel Walker, drew 517,000 viewers on Showtime.

The event took place on Jan. 30 at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla.

A replay of "UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez," which Spike TV aired to counter-program the Strikeforce show, drew 2.2 million viewers and was the top-rated cable program of the day among men 18-34 and men 18-49.

Showtime is available in approximately 12 million homes. Spike TV is available in 98.6 million homes.

Compared to Strikeforce's most recent event, "Strikeforce: Evolution" in December, ratings for "Miami" were up sharply. As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported, the Dec. 19 event, which featured Scott Smith vs. Cung Le and a lightweight title-unification bout of Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson, drew just 341,000 viewers.

"Strikeforce: Miami" earned an additional 176,000 viewers for ratings increase of 51.6 percent.

This weekend's event, which marked Strikeforce's Florida debut, featured Nick Diaz's first-round TKO of Marius Zaromskis for the first-ever welterweight title and women's lightweight champion Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos' successful title defense over Marloes Coenen.

The event aired live on the East Coast and via three-hour delay on the West Coast at 10 p.m.

Spike TV's replay of UFC 107, which originally aired on pay-per-view on Dec. 12 with UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn's win over Diego Sanchez, aired in the same timeslot

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That was a very naughty move by UFC i must admit, i didnt even know they where counter programming this event until Anfield mentioned it the day after. I want to see the UFC be succesful and carry MMA into a bigger audience around the world, but this sly move doesnt help MMA at all.

As for Strikeforce increase in viewers, i think that largely due to casual Pro-Wrestling and NFL fans tuning in for Lashley and Hershal.

Your thoughts?

fuck dana.

and is showtime such a good deal for strikeforce?

i mean available in 12 million out of what 150 million homes in the USA?

thats not good is it?

It's the CBS deal that is the key to the deal. The CBS events will draw 5 million viewers. If they could be on CBS for every event they'd be better off but this current deal works for them.

What did the Fedor fightcard get in the ratings department? they need to keep these M1 guys fighting and Overeem is a massive draw but is screwing them over!

The CBS broadcast, from 9-11PM, averaged 3.8 million viewers and a 1.7/6 in adults 18-49. The household rating was a 2.3.

http://headlineplanet.com/home/2009/11/08/strikeforce-fedor-vs-rogers-rating-disappoints-but-tops-football/