Comments on: EliteXC Ratings Down By More Than 1.5 Million Viewers

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:07:41 +0000

I don’t think the ratings decrease was any surprise at all. The show was a TON better so let’s hope they’re not stupid enough to go back to the crappy ways of the 1st show. They’ve got Kimbo in their back pocket and he will probably be on every 3 shows so the ratings will improve gradually. I really hope he doesn’t lose to Rogers. Rogers’ mouth is out of control and it’s nice to see Kimbo taking the high road. He needs about 10-12 more fights with a couple losses to be considered a true MMA fighter. I do see it happening as long as he has my man Bas Rutten in his corner.

By: foiled

foiled — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:41:36 +0000

Ratings being down had nothing to do with the lack of a “top draw” on the card. They were down because the first show was so terrible that nobody wanted to watch it again. EliteXC is way too ghetto and cheap. Two things I hope the UFC never becomes. Dancing girls and rappers?! Come on!!! You can’t put on a terrible show and expect everybody to show up for the next one.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:33:50 +0000

I just feel the need to say one thing about Shields, the guy is an incredible talent but the problem w/ being in a weak organization is that w/o beating elite competition he’ll always be a what-if guy. Until he faces the big guns of the division there will always be doubt.

As for the Lawler-Smith comment about facing Anderson, I nearly died laughing. I love watching both fighters cause they put it on the line but lets be real these guys didn’t make it in the UFC and ended up in EliteXC. Plus I’d give a lawler-Anderson fight about as long as the Irvin-Anderson fight but with an uglier ending due to lawler trying to throw those long looping hooks that leave you vulnerable to a solid striker.

By: JustJoe

JustJoe — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:47:48 +0000

The good thing about elite xc being on cbs is that we will only have to watch it until the ratings totally plummet, they cancel the show, and kimbo joins ufc to get demolished by Brock Lesnar lol.

By: The Gunslinger

The Gunslinger — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:29:00 +0000

i dont know what dana is thinking all he has to do is make a womans divison and sign kimbo andthere you go bye bye elite xc

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:36:06 +0000

CBS execs and advertisers were happy and that is all that matters. Considering CBS got into MMA hoping to get a 2.0 rating to begin with this event was a success given no hype and no established stars. Really no need to panic, their crossover stars will be back on the next card. Production was much better … dare I say on par with UFC. Plus comparing their 1st event to the 2nd is like comparing the UFC PPV between the Tito/Chuck versus the following event.

By: KOuch

KOuch — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:06:59 +0000

Rydawg,

Shields has gotten better just like the rest of ‘em. I promise he’ll make his way to the UFC. The youporn thing is pretty cool huh? I wonder if anyone actually tried searching for it?

By: Dietrich

Dietrich — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:39:47 +0000

Just read ratings were downâ€¦They attribute it to no Gina or Kimboâ€¦Why canâ€™t it just be to a crap product last time outâ€¦
XCâ€¦Own up to itâ€¦The fans may stay longer than the wind does with Kimbo.(Kimbo fans I Only typed that because he gassed)

By: Jeremyjackson

Jeremyjackson — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:55:42 +0000

I don’t think there’s any doubt Kimbo will be in the UFC before long… working security.

By: huertarogerhuerta

huertarogerhuerta — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:45:48 +0000

y r these idiots callin out gsp or fitch when ur not even in there league and wat about the asshole announcer that was sayin the winner of smith vs lawler wanted anderson silva ur in a **** company wit **** fighters ur nowhere near ready to even dream bout fightin those guys