The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale on Spike TV Number One With Young Men
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® on Spike TV proved yet again to be a knockout hit in reaching the elusive young male viewer as the live finale of the seventh season of “The Ultimate Fighter” delivered more men 18-34 (645,000) and 18-49 (1,057,000) than anything on television (broadcast or cable) in its timeslot on Saturday, June 21 (9:00pm-12:15am).
Overall, “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ finale earned a 1.4 household rating, a 1.9 in Men 18-49, a 1.4 in Persons 18-49, a 2.3 in Men 18-34, and an average audience of 2.0 million viewers.
In the finale, Amir Sadollah from Team Forrest completed his improbable run through the series by submitting CB Dollaway from Team Rampage for a second time this season to win the competition and earn a UFC contract. A fighter with no professional bouts when he joined the show, Sadollah earned a legion of fans and a ton of respect as he defeated Steve Byrnes, Gerald Harris, Matt Brown, and Dollaway to earn a shot in the final. Even though Dollaway seemed to be in control of the fight, Sadollah pulled victory from the jaws of defeat, locking Dollaway in an armbar at 3:02 of the opening round.
In the night’s main event, Kendall Grove dominated former UFC middleweight champion, Evan Tanner, en route to a three-round decision victory. The much-needed victory puts Grove, “The Ultimate Fighter 3″ champ, back on the path for a potential title shot. In the co-feature, another former “Ultimate Fighter” victor, Diego Sanchez (season 1) won a hard fought victory via TKO over Luigi Fioravanti.
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what i am really curious about is the july 19th fight is it going to knock out the afflicition bout???
I say that it’s going to have the best rating that night by far. The free on spike thing is hard to compete with.
Should be a better rating than TUF 7.
Will it beat Ortiz Shamrock 3 though ?
Still hope UFN beats Affliction next month. Maybe this will be a good lead in.
DAM I DIDN’T REALIZE THE PEEPS AMIR BEAT THROUGH OUT THE SHOW. IM GLAD HE WON. HE HAD THE TOUGHEST PATH THERE.
I was very unimpressed with the Finale. Diego was the one good fight. UFN on the 19th I doubt will be much better, it’ll have one good fight. I still cant wait for affiction, those fights and the fighters in them, blow away UFN. I’ll be watching the real best p4p fighter in the world, Fedor.
THATS COOL SPUD….. “KNOCK YOURSELF OUT”
Ok spud..fedor hasn’t fought in two years and I bet he gets knocked the **** out…sylvia stand up is pretty good…as long as he don’t get caught in the submission…Im just going to a buffalo wild wings so I can watch both…pretty awesome…after this affliction show…All i see is downhill for that promotion…all there fighters are old!!!
First, neither the UFC or “Affliction” have the best p4p in the world. Well technically UFC does because Zuffa does, it is the WEC’s Urijah Faber. Best p4p in the world easily.
Second, I would honestly reccomend buying the PPV and DVR’ing the UFN. If you don’t have DVR you should just watch the UFN because you have no business purchasing a ppv when you can’t pony up 7 bucks a month for DVR.
Fedor p4p No 1 ?
LOL !!!
Has to be GSP or Penn surely
Cole Miller Fedor has fought much more recently than 2 years ago. Check your facts bro.
As for P4P best in the world…that’s Anderson Silva HANDS DOWN.
Affliction vs. UFN? Thanks to easily attainable technology, both will easily be seen.
DUDE WHAT IS COLE TALKING ABOUT…
THE BEST P4P FIGHTERS ARE PENN, GSP, AND ANDERSON. ALL 3 FROM UFC
my bad guys…what i meant to say was…He hasn’t fought anyone worth a **** in over 2 years…his last fights have been against washed-up old ****ers….either way tho…july 19th will be a good night for fights…you got 3 good fights with affliction and 1 good fight with ufn (so far)
How many wins in a row does Penn, GSP, and Anderson have? All while defending a title? One of those defenses has to include a recent victory against one of the more legendary fighters at their natural weight at which weight said legend was previously undefeated?
I am sorry fellas but the closest that any of your p4p best in the worlds come to Faber is Anderson Silva.
That’s pretty funny that a few of you guys are so anti anything not UFC. If all those HW were in the UFC, you guys would say the complete opposite of what you are saying. Didn’t Fedor beat UFC HW champ Nog, something like 3 times. Fedor lost only once by a cut in his 1st fight, if I remember correctly. What is he 27-1. Anderson, yes is a great fighter, recently the only elite fighter he beat was Franklin. Hendo is very good, but when matched with anybody that is a great or Elite fighter he has lost. Anderson will walk though Irvin, no problem. Penn and GSP, are top 5 p4p, but in my mind need to put together some more wins to be #1. Should I have written this in all capital letters like yzfoxracing, so everyone thinks I’m right?
so what wins has fedor put together in the last two years that makes him #1 p4p? No doubt Fedor is a great fighter…but he is 31 so its all downhill from here baby…look at matt hughes…great fighter but hes just too old for the game…pretty sure all those HW used to be in the ufc except fedor..Im not anti anything not ufc….its just ufc has the best fighters…period, I wish the ufc just owned all the elite fighters so these type of discussions wouldn’t get started…
LOL SPUD YOUR FUNNY DUDE… COLE YOUR RIGHT WHEN IT COME TO UFC WITH THE BEST FIGHTER. AND ITS FUNNY WHEN I JUST SAY SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT UFC AND NOW IM JUST A UFC GUY… WHATEVER MAN. DUDE THE GAME HAS CHANGE SO MUCH IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND FOR REAL WHO HAS FEDOR FOUGHT. HES GONNA LOSE TO TIM AND THEN YOUR GONNA START SAYING TIME IS THE P4P. WITH THE ALL CAPS MAN GET OVER IT.
Not all UFC fighters are the best fighters
look at Le ,Gomi, Yammamota, faber, Torres, & ect
I rate Fedor but the fact he has been fighting bums or men from at least 2 weight classes below dose’nt make him the P4P best IMO
THATS WHAT IM SAYING
I agree with you then YZFOXRACING LOL !
That’s right not ALL ufc fighter are the best…but OVERALL ufc has the MOST elite fighters…does that sound better…
The majority of people buying the Affliction PPV are hard core fans. I’d bet the majority of average fans have no clue Affliction is even happening. Even when they hear about it there is little chance they are willing or wanting to purchase it. Especially if they know of the FREE UFC event. The UFC definitely hit Afflition good with this move. I was unsure if I should purchase the Affliction PPV but decided against it when the UFC announced a free event with Anderson Silva the #1 P4P fighter in the world on the same night. Affliction tried to make a huge push but to me it is a promotion full of veterans past their prime with a very nice HW division guaranteed to provide some slow paced fights with little action. It is going to be hard for Affliction to build for the future the way the have gone about signing fighters…..just my opinion.