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Written by Arturo Collozo Jr. (wrestlingnewsdesk@gmail.com)
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Monday, 21 September 2009 |
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2:51 PM EST
The season premiere of The Ultimate Fighter has changed the face of Mixed
Martial Arts.
Episode 1 of the 10th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” set the show’s
all-time rating record on Wednesday night on Spike TV. But that only begins to
tell the story.
The 2.9 rating was the fourth highest-rated MMA television broadcast in
history. It trailed three live major fight cards: a 2006 card headlined by Ken
Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz; a 2007 show headlined by Dan Henderson vs. Quinton
Jackson; and the Slice vs. James Thompson match in MMA’s debut on CBS last
year.
The 4.1 million total viewers more than doubled the first episode of Season
9, which earned a 1.3 rating and 1.8 million viewers. It nearly doubled the
prior viewership record of 2.4 million viewers for a regular episode of the
show, set Feb. 21, 2005, for the episode that featured the Chris Leben-Josh
Koscheck grudge match. A live three-hour “Ultimate Fighter” finale in Season 3
attracted 2.8 million viewers.
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