Latest Articles


Great Tickets at StubHub.com!


Go REAL Big - Fathead.com
EliteXC Delivers for CBS
The News - Mixed Martial Arts  |   Written by Brian Fritz   |   Monday, 02 June 2008

ImageNo matter what you thought about last night's EliteXC show on CBS, everyone involved with it has to be happy with its numbers. Based on the overnight numbers, the show did a 2.7 network rating. The number does not count the overrun so the final rating will be higher.

The rating grew throughout the show and reached an amazing 4.7 for the Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson fight which will make it the most watched MMA fight in history. It also finished #1 in the all-important 18-34 and 18-49 demos along with all male demos. While the number wasn't gigantic, it was a huge success.
Views: 476

Comments (4)
Posted by: David Gansauge at 06-02-2008 05:12
success isn't always justified. It was a crap event with not one, not two, but five finishes that were too early. especially the last 3. 
 
Note to CBS: Watch the replay of WEC's event to night to see how its done.

Posted by: jake at 06-02-2008 20:40
For free TV it was cool. I will be defenitly watching the next one. I agree that the stoppages were a little lame but the same thing would have happened in the UFC. But one thing I did notice was that most of the fighters were getting tired quickly, no cardio for anyone.

Posted by: Jasen Perri at 06-03-2008 00:29
People need to stop talking so much shit about the "free" event.I thought it was fun overall.My only problem was with the stoppage to the Lawler fight but other than that I thought it was entertaining.Bottom line it was free so you dicks got your money's worth. 
Peace

Posted by: David Gansauge at 06-03-2008 10:46
Doesn't matter that it was free or not. It could have been alot of people's first exposure to MMA and that was a crap event for it.

Write Comment
  • Please keep the topic of messages relevant to the subject of the article.
  • Personal verbal attacks will be deleted.
  • Please don't use comments to plug your web site. Such material will be removed.
  • Just ensure to *Refresh* your browser for a new security code to be displayed prior to clicking on the 'Send' button.
  • Keep in mind that the above process only applies if you simply entered the wrong security code.
Name:
Comment:

Code:* Code
 
[ Back ]