The second event in Fuel TV history took place this past weekend in Stockholm, Sweden, an event which saw native Alexander Gustafsson defeat Thiago Silva in the main event. The first event in Omaha, Nebraska took place in February, and drew 217,000 viewers. Saturday’s event saw its numbers fall, with the average number of viewers dropping a tad to 197,000.
The main reason for the drop is likely due to the time difference, with the event kicking off around 1230 PM on Saturday afternoon on the east coast. The main card began at 3 PM on Fuel TV, with most live events taking place around 9 or 10 PM.
Regardless, Fuel TV has remained satisfied with the numbers the channel has registered since the UFC’s deal with Fox began late last year. The channel, which actually launched in 2003, has seen its ratings increase significantly since it began to air UFC programming. The channel has also begun broadcasting in over 6 million more homes since the beginning of the year.
The next UFC on Fuel TV event, aptly named UFC on Fuel TV 3, takes place on May 15th in Fairfax, Virginia. The headlining bout is a featherweight matchup between Dustin Poirier and Chan Sung Jung aka “The Korean Zombie”.
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Ya actually that’s a huge number….it was a Saturday during the day. I had to look everywhere to figure out when it started, so its pretty amazing 200k people watched it in the middle of the busiest day of the wk. At this point it would be hard for ufc to fail. This sport is here to stay. Only change is one day they’ll have to pay their fighters more.
Imagine what that number could have been if they’d put it on a real channel that more of America could see…
And possibly on a channel that has an HD counterpart. No one I know on any provider has Fuel in HD. It was actually difficult to watch in comparison.
That’s a good point. Luckily I called directtv and only had to pay 5 dollars more a month and also got all the fox sports channels, I wonder.how many people don’t realize they could do that because ufc doesn’t really promote it. I guess they hope to eventually.graduate up to regular fox network channel for all fox fights.
It will cost me about $15 a month to get fuel. Not happening.
I don’t blame you. Do you get any other channels with it? I’m a displaced baseball fan, so I was happy to hear that I also get to watch all my Tampa bay ray baseball games here in la on the fox sports channels that came with the package.