Fedor vs Silva Breaks Showtime Ratings Records With Over 1 Million Viewers

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/2/15/1995235/strikeforce-fedor-vs-silva-breaks-showtime-ratings-records-with-over
Overall, the Feb. 12 event averaged 741,000 viewers and peaked with 1.1 million for the Antonio Silva vs. Fedor Emelianenko headliner. Both broke Strikeforce's previous bests on Showtime.
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The new ratings records break those previously held by "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg," an August 2009 event headlined by female fighters Gina Carano and Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos that averaged 576,000 viewers and peaked with 856,000.

Here are the numbers for Strikeforce's most recent shows:

• 741,000 viewers, Strikeforce: Fedor vs Silva (Feb 2011)
• 561,000 viewers, Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg (Jan 2011)
• 517,000 viewers, Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Zaromskis (Jan 2010)
• 412,000 viewers, Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum (Jun 2010)
• 367,000 viewers, Strikeforce: Lawal vs. Cavalcante (Aug 2010)
• 350,000 viewers, Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons 2 (Oct 2010)

damn, those are strong ratings. it can only get better from here with the tourney and overeem fighting

that is a big jump over the previous best. And it shows the importance of Fedor to SF.

Will be interesting to see what Reem Werdum Barnett Rogers draws.

i expect it to do just as well

killerofchicken wrote:

damn, those are strong ratings. it can only get better from here with the tourney and overeem fighting

Reem won't pull in the ratings Fedor did. It would have been interesting to see the numbers Reem vs Fedor would put up.

Better numbers than I thought they would get. Showtime has to like that. I'm betting the next HW GP card doesn't beat it but comes in a surprising second, better than Diaz vs Cyborg.

Nice ratings. Didn't notice at the time but wonder why Diaz-Noons 2 did so meh in retrospect.

Momentum was against Strikeforce then and I think it went up against some other stuff. Strikeforce has turned the tide in a big way.

GREAT Numbers! I hope it stays up.

Hendo vs Cavalcante viewing numbers are going to be very interesting to see. Big shows sometimes have a little spill over into the next show. Neither of these two have been stellar ratings draws as headliners. I think if it averages anywhere in the 400Ks, that will be an unexpected success for SF. 365K seems like a smart guess though. 600k for round 2 of the Grand Prix.

Hendo is very popular and the LHW title always adds a boost to the UFC, and I'd expect a similar but smaller boost there. Card will do 500k

That would be huge if it does. I might Tivo it and get tickets for Bellator though.

Amazing that Fedor vs. Werdum drew an average of just under 500K when Fedor hadnt taken the legit loss yet, but big for this. Hopefully it means that the tournament is also drawing great interest.

GDPofDRC wrote:

That would be huge if it does. I might Tivo it and get tickets for Bellator though.

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This is in large part due to Fedor and marketing the Tourney well. Obviously a huge success, just have to look at the past events, but I always have trouble gauging SF Showtime numbers.

LA wrote:

This is in large part due to Fedor and marketing the Tourney well. Obviously a huge success, just have to look at the past events, but I always have trouble gauging SF Showtime numbers.

the tourney marketed itself. That thing got tons of ink from the moment it was announced. I don't really know what marketing i've seen concerning the tourney. I guess I heard some stuff on he radio, but I think that was to sell tickets more then to get viewers to the TV.

It marketed itself and got tons of ink where MMA fans read or look, they got the Prix out there more then any SF event/fight I can remember.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Hendo is very popular and the LHW title always adds a boost to the UFC, and I'd expect a similar but smaller boost there. Card will do 500k

The undercard isn't too strong IMO. If they had Mayhem vs Kennedy it would have been better IMO.

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killerofchicken wrote:

thats a sweet poster!

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