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Well Done Tito and Ken

Published
by
John Griffin
on October 12, 2006
in MMA and TV
. 0 Comments

Check out these numbers (via F4WOnline),

- Fight did a 9.7 rating in males 25-34
- Fight did an 8.0 rating in males 18-34
- Show drew 4.2 million viewers overall, crushing Smackdown’s CW debut
- Fight did 5.7 million viewers, more than watched Raw or Smackdown last week
- Show drew more 18-34 men than any show on broadcast OR cable all day
- Highest rating for a night in males 18-34 and 18-49 in Spike history
- Broke the spike.tv website one-day unique viewers record
- Broke the old UFC quarter hour viewership record by 2 million viewers

Excellent stuff. I’m glad so many people got to see this rivalry come to an end in such a classy way. You heard the loud cheers for the Tito vs Chuck match in December when it was mentioned and following on from this I predict it should do the biggest buy rate in UFC history.

Tito vs Ken 3…on Spike…in Florida

Published
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John Griffin
on August 8, 2006
in TV
. 5 Comments

Wow, check it out (from Meltzer)

Dana White just confirmed to us this morning that he’s gotten verbal agreements to terms from both Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock for a 10/10 fight on a Spike TV special. The show will likely be held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood, FL.

Fair play to Dana and those two for sorting this out. It’s a big thank you to all those paying fans who felt they got screwed last time. Do we need the rematch? Definately not on PPV but free TV seems perfect.

UFC 61 Roundup

Published
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John Griffin
on July 10, 2006
in TV
. 4 Comments

Well that was a crappy show. What more can be said. Tito vs Ken needed to be stopped as Shamrock wasn’t doing a damn thing to defend himself. Sylvia vs Arlovski was two guys who probablly respect each other too much now and really Arlovski didn’t do enough to win the title.

The one promising thing that did come out of the show was the potential of Liddell vs Silva if Chuck can get through Babalu next. Amazing dream match stuff it is but it brings up more questions than answers about Silva’s status with the UFC. FightOpinion has the best article on it I have seen.