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Saturday's UFC 140 ION TV prelims special collected 808,000 viewers.
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Dec 13, 2011 - Saturday night's UFC 140 ‘Prelims' special drew an average of 808,000 viewers live on ION Television, according to reports from Sherdog. The numbers rank in second of the three ION TV ‘UFC Prelims' broadcasts, besting UFC 127 (714,00) but losing out to UFC 125 (829,000).
In addition, the broadcast earned a 0.55 rating in both the males 18-34 and males 18-49 demographics. By comparison, the UFC 139 ‘Prelims' special drew a 1.10 in males 18-49 and a 1.1 in males 18-34 on Spike TV.
Ratings peaked as Croatian light heavyweight Igor Pokrajac blasted through Krzysztof Soszynski in just 35 seconds in the broadcast's featured bout.
UFC 140 took place on December 10th at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones successfully defended his belt against Lyoto Machida in the night's main event.
'UFC Prelims' ratings:
1. UFC 126: 2 million viewers
2. UFC 109: 1.7 million
3. UFC 135: 1.6 million
3. UFC 131: 1.6 million
3. UFC 114: 1.6 million
6. UFC 129: 1.5 million
6. UFC 108: 1.5 million
6. UFC 121: 1.5 million
6. UFC 123: 1.5 million
10. UFC 133: 1.4 million
10. UFC 104: 1.4 million
10. UFC 103: 1.4 million
13. UFC 134: 1.3 million
13. UFC 130: 1.3 million
13. UFC 128: 1.3 million
13. UFC 119: 1.3 million
13. UFC 116: 1.3 million
13. UFC 115: 1.3 million
13. UFC 106: 1.3 million
20. UFC 139: 1.2 million
20. UFC 132: 1.2 million
20. UFC 111: 1.2 million
23. UFC 137: 1.1 million
23. UFC 118: 1.1 million
25. UFC 136: 1 million
26. UFC 125: 829,000*
27. UFC 140: 808,000*
28. UFC 127: 714,000**Broadcast on ION TV
Read More: ufc 140 prelims, ufc ratings, mma news, mma results and event coverage, Jon Jones (MMA), Lyoto Machida (MMA), Krzysztof Soszynski (MMA), Igor Pokrajac (MMA), UFC 125: Resolution, UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort, UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch, UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones, UFC 134: Rio, UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields, UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill, UFC 131: Carwin vs. dos Santos, UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber 2, UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz, UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage, UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida, UFC 137 Results: Penn vs. Diaz, UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III, UFC 139: Henderson vs. Rua
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UFC 140 ION TV 'Prelims' Earn 808,000 Viewers
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808 BILLION! WOW
Haha, headline says 808,000 Million, which equals 808 billion! Since planet Earth only has about 7 billion, one can surmise that Igor Pokrajac is quite popular on other planets. ;)
by isho21 on Dec 13, 2011 3:29 PM PST reply actions
Haha
The above post almost killed me! Loooool
Muay Thai
by Muay Thai on Dec 14, 2011 3:11 AM PST reply actions
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