stever20 wrote:A whole lot more football fans than MMA/UFC fans. MMA/UFC is nothing but a niche sport. For a lot of folks- it's a complete turnoff- would never watch it in a million years.
Also not sure how long it went on Saturday(the UFC card)- but the Alabama/LSU game ended after midnight. Ohio St/Michigan ended late as well.
And right now this is the issue for fox at large.. Primetime ratings for the big games on Saturday...
Alabama/LSU got 8.41 million viewers
Ohio St/MIchigan St got 6.98 million viewers
Kansas St/TCU got 2.18 million viewers
So right there like over 17.5 million viewers for the college football games on the networks. Big 12 and Pac 12 really do not get great ratings at all- look at the numbers that the top 2 ranked teams got compared to the SEC and Big Ten.
MUPanther wrote:FS1 ratings on Saturday
Baylor at Oklahoma 1.3
West Virginia at Texas 0.8
UCLA at Washington 0.5
stever20 wrote:I actually do like UFC but know that for a lot of folks it's a complete non-starter. The all-time RECORD for UFC is 5.7 million viewers. At least 2 college football games beat that this weekend. UFC is not a mainstream sport, and likely will never be a mainstream sport.
I totally agree with you marquette on it being over-saturated recently. But has UFC shown any tendacy to change that? I think it may be in the fox contract for x # of shows. So, I don't know how much that is going to change going forward. Also got to remember while yeah, maybe the tv ratings aren't great- it still does draw great crowds. So, not sure how inclined UFC would be to go away from over-saturating things. The model does seem to be working.
NJRedman wrote:stever20 wrote:I actually do like UFC but know that for a lot of folks it's a complete non-starter. The all-time RECORD for UFC is 5.7 million viewers. At least 2 college football games beat that this weekend. UFC is not a mainstream sport, and likely will never be a mainstream sport.
I totally agree with you marquette on it being over-saturated recently. But has UFC shown any tendacy to change that? I think it may be in the fox contract for x # of shows. So, I don't know how much that is going to change going forward. Also got to remember while yeah, maybe the tv ratings aren't great- it still does draw great crowds. So, not sure how inclined UFC would be to go away from over-saturating things. The model does seem to be working.
You keep saying that as if it's a fact. I know some people for which basketball, baseball or Hockey are complete non-starters. That doesn't mean sports networks shouldn't air those sports. This isn't the lifetime network, this is a full fledged sports network. ESPN airs boxing, is that a non-starter as well?
stever20 wrote:NJRedman wrote:stever20 wrote:I actually do like UFC but know that for a lot of folks it's a complete non-starter. The all-time RECORD for UFC is 5.7 million viewers. At least 2 college football games beat that this weekend. UFC is not a mainstream sport, and likely will never be a mainstream sport.
I totally agree with you marquette on it being over-saturated recently. But has UFC shown any tendacy to change that? I think it may be in the fox contract for x # of shows. So, I don't know how much that is going to change going forward. Also got to remember while yeah, maybe the tv ratings aren't great- it still does draw great crowds. So, not sure how inclined UFC would be to go away from over-saturating things. The model does seem to be working.
You keep saying that as if it's a fact. I know some people for which basketball, baseball or Hockey are complete non-starters. That doesn't mean sports networks shouldn't air those sports. This isn't the lifetime network, this is a full fledged sports network. ESPN airs boxing, is that a non-starter as well?
Look at the ratings. The all-time best for UFC is 5.7 million viewers. World series averaged 13.8 million viewers as the 3rd worst World Series ever. So 3rd worst World series ever is 250% better than the best UFC event ever. doesn't that say something?
How many hours a week does ESPN air Boxing? I don't see any cards on their schedule in the next few weeks. FS1 has a problem because they need live events and they are in bed with UFC. ESPN may air at most 2-3 hours a week of boxing.
FlyJays wrote:I'll watch just about any sport. Literally almost anything. But it would be nearly impossible for me to become a fan of MMA/UFC. If UFC comes on, there is a 99% chance I'm changing the channel. And I know I'm not the only one. I have absolutely zero interest in watching two idiots knee each other in the head.
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