So, the sky may not be falling, but the UFC’s latest offering on FX — UFC on FX 3: Johnson vs. McCall 2 – did draw fewer viewers than the promotion’s last two fight cards that aired on the network.
According to MMAWeekly, the main card broadcast on FX pulled in 1.1 million viewers, down slightly from the average maintained by both previous broadcasts, 1.35 million. The two-hour long preliminary card broadcast on Fuel TV also drew lower numbers than usual, with an average of 86,000 marking the first time that viewership has dropped below 100,000 for a Fuel TV or FX broadcast.
UFC on FX 3 took place on Friday, June 8, at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. The main event pitted Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall against one another in a rematch to conclude the flyweight tournament semifinals. Johnson and McCall battled months before at UFC on FX 2, with the bout being scored a draw after incorrectly being announced a decision win for Johnson, robbing the fighters and the fans of a sudden death round.
This time around, Johnson clearly took a unanimous decision, leaving controversy out of the picture. With the win, Mighty Mouse goes on to face Joseph Benavidez for the vacant UFC flyweight title.
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It was an underwhelming card highlighted by a very new class of 125ers. Prob the UFC is on the verge of folding up any minute ;)
Wouldn’t that be something …. The Promotion destroying machine takes a few too many hits and closes shop . Wonder if we will ever see that happen ?
yes the UFC is too saturated.
they may be exciting etc fights but folks don;t want to really pay for anything but the best and those are the weight classes the UFC used to be, not these small guy classes – which I would if one btw.
fly bantam killing UFC brand
Killing the UFC brand? I don’t think so. These guys ALWAYS put on exciting fights, they just don’t have their names out there yet. Also, since when do UFC events take place on Fridays? Fridays stink. Make the FX and Fule stuff on Wednesdays. Keep the PPV’s on Saturday.
Fule? How about Fuel?
The UFC isn’t going anywhere. You guys, this is a billion dollar org who makes tens of.millions every single ppv, and pay the fighters maybe 1 million total per card, a fraction of the overall revenue. They make about as much as mayweather per fight, imagine if he fought 15 times a year how rich they’d be. Plus they have this mongo tv deal with fox now. They are so effin set It’s not even funny. This sport is here to stay, forever.
If anything the UFC could even be doing better if it wasn’t for a few terrible things they do from time to time (like let condit wait, or let koch wait and or even.get a title fight in the first place).
I dont know if the ufc makes tens of millions per PPV but even if they do they also spend millions of dollars in promotion for these fights not to mention the fighters are not the only people on the UFC’S payroll. Im sure they have tons of other employees .
Your comparison to mayweather is absolutely ridiculous, what floyd makes for a fight is all net profit minus what he gives to his manager.
I am a gigantic UFC fan but i would have to admit that it is not groing nearly as fast as they would have BELEIVE.
As much as I’m a UFC fan and have bought more than a few PPVs, lets face it, Friday night sucks period! The commentating has a lot to be desired and they are using the music from Monday night football. Come up with some original music.
I was excited for this fight. I would have watched however my DVR recorded Armageddon. Way to post the wrong start times FX.
Dude, Friday night is a fine night for sports. Where did this myth about ‘everyone goes out on friday nights,’ shit get started? If there was football game on Friday you could bet that everyone and their mother would be home watching the NFL. If you are really a fight fan then alter your plans and watch the fights.
As for the little guys: The WEC is the only reason I am watching the UFC. I watched boxing before hand and had little interest in MMA. Especially after the free Ken Shamrock Tito Ortiz fight Spike showed. One guy laying on another for 15 minutes? Shit, I’ll pass. But then one night I found the WEC. Watching those little dudes go at each other reminded me of watching the crazy Mexican boxers who just stand and trade. Their high energy, fast paced action allowed me to see the subtle art in the ground game and grow to to love this sport. So, I’d wager that the small guys ruining the UFC brand are here to stay, and if they aren’t then I’m gone.
My outlandish comparison to mayweather is closer to the situation than anything you priorly suspected it might be. And yes I’m talking about profit.
Because you’re a huge UFC fan doesn’t mean you have any idea what you’re talking about.
The UFC sells commonly 400,000 ppvs, which obviously adds up to 20 million dollars (or tens of millions of dollars) PER EVENT. And that’s not including gate, merchandise, fan expos, etc.
Obviously they have other employees and expenses…but not 10s of millions worth.
Explain it away however you wanna try, but you’re already speaking from a place of lack of depth of understanding or thought on the subject dude.