Written by: Mat Houchens
UFC is not quiet nor ashamed about putting on replays of their events or even scheduling other events during Affliction events. On January 24th, Affliction Day of Reckoning took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim and again UFC had an answer for them.
According to Spike officials, the replay of UFC 91: Lesnar vs Couture brought in a peak 3.3 Million viewers Saturday night. On average, the replay had 2.3 million viewers through the 2.5 hour broadcast.
The Jan. 24 replay was the highest-rated show (on both broadcast and cable TV) in the men 18-34 demographic for the day’s 9-to-11:30 p.m. time slot.
So if 3.3 million viewers tuned in for a replay of UFC 91, how many people bought Affliction Day of Reckoning on Pay Per View? That is the question that remains open right now.
Shaydie said on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 15:00
I bought the affliction fight on PPV and I thought it was much cleaner than before. I liked it better. I think that UFC is skimping on the quality of the fights on some of their cards just to get them on every month. They dont seem to mind charging the same for skimpy cards as they do the stacked ones. If anyone else is like me, they feel like suckers for the loyalty of buying EVERY PPV for the last few years. I am tired of getting gouged and at 50 bucks a pop, I am tiring quickly.
If UFC is the most successful MMA organization in the world then they need to act like it. Either you have the talent or you dont. If the talent is there, then show us. And before I hear that we have skimpy cards so people can get to know less named fighters, That is bull and you know it. If thats what it was about, we would be seeing EVERY undercard fight. Some of the greatest fights are undercards.
And WHY doesnt UFC have a complaint comments section on their website? or is it buried where I cant find it?
Mat said on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 16:09
LOL… most of their skimpy cards are Fight Nights it seems like. But Affliction’s undercard for Day of Reckoning could have been main cards for a lot of organizations.
Shaydie said on Thursday, January 29, 2009, 9:38
I agree with you about the Affliction fights. I had a great time watching it and I didnt mind in the least paying for it.
I do not agree with you about the UFC fight nights though. I have higher expectations for a 50 dollar PPV fight than I do for a UFC fight night. For the record I did think that fight for our troops rocked and I loved the idea. I think UFC should consider if they are wanting people to shell this money out faith fully each month? Who is their target audience? males 18-40 dont most of these people have families? dont you think that what turns out to be the equivilent of another monthy bill should be worth the cost. I would love to hear UFC’s thought on that.
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