UFC Fight Night 59 main card draws 2.75 million

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sedulous
Date: January 21, 2015 at 04:17 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

Ratings Report: UFC Fight Night 59 main card draws 2.75 million, prelims 908k
UFC Fight Night 59 took place on Sunday night in Boston and was headlined by Conor McGregor securing a title shot with a TKO victory in the second round against Dennis Siver.
According to Fox Sports, the main card broadcast on Fox Sports 1 had an average audience of 2,751,000 viewers and the peak of the broadcast came it at 3,162,000 million viewers from 12:00-12:15 a.m. ET.
With the viewership from Sunday, UFC Fight Night 59 is the most watched MMA event ever on Fox Sports 1, beating out UFC Fight Night 26 in August of 2013. In addition, the fight card is now the most watched MMA event on ad-supported cable television since the UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter Finale on Spike TV (12/5/09).
Prior to the main card, the televised preliminary card also aired on Fox Sports 1 and came in with 908,000 viewers. This is the second most watched non pay-per-view preliminary card in Fox Sports 1 history behind the The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale prelims in 2013. The prelims peaked at over 1 million viewers in the final quarter hour of the broadcast with 1,486,000 viewers and this was up against the AFC title game.
Following the fight card was Fox Sports Live and this show had 1,167,000 viewers and this is the most watched Sunday edition of the show. In terms of digital traffic, the Fox Sports Go app had it’s largest audience ever for a UFC event as the previous best was UFC Fight Night 54 in October. UFC Fight Night 59 was up 59 percent in total unique viewers in comparison to the October card.
On Sunday, the UFC card was the number one show on ad-supported cable and number two show on all of television, outside of the NFL programming amount the Male 18-34, Male 18-49, and Male 25-54 demos. Overall for Fox Sports 1, it was the third most-watched Sunday (6:00 AM-3:00 AM), averaging 522,000 viewers despite vicious competition form the NFC and AFC Championship Game broadcasts.
The UFC will return to Fox Sports 1 this weekend for the preliminary card of UFC on FOX 14 from Sweden and the main card will air on Fox.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: renjr84
Date: January 21, 2015 at 04:27 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

Hey whether you like the guy or not much credit to him and Fox for hyping the s--- out of this show
wish Fox would give the UFC this type of treatment all the time and not just for ConMac

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: BadassCoffee
Date: January 21, 2015 at 04:37 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

That's crazy. Amazing ratings for fox sports 1. On fox he'd do five mil easy. At the same time bendo and cerrone are a huge reason too.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: NYR30
Date: January 21, 2015 at 05:10 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

I'm wondering if the fact that the next day was MLK day had anything to do with it. A lot of people didn't have work the next day. I think if it wasn't before a holiday a lot of people would have gone to bed sooner and not stayed up to watch

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Flound
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:01 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

C-C-C-Conor goes Cha-Ching!
The kid just made bank. You know there's a ratings scale in there.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: MysterLynch
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:08 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

renjr84 said:
Hey whether you like the guy or not much credit to him and Fox for hyping the s--- out of this show
wish Fox would give the UFC this type of treatment all the time and not just for ConMac
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Part of it was that a lot of media sources wanted a piece of Conor, far more than might normally reach out to the UFC. FX had him host a movie marathon, that call comes from the network, not Fox itself.
Just like how American Idol expressed interest in Ronda and nobody else.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Spidy
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:12 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

BadassCoffee said:
That's crazy. Amazing ratings for fox sports 1. On fox he'd do five mil easy. At the same time bendo and cerrone are a huge reason too.
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They certainly didn't hurt, but we all know who the "Star" of the show truly was
Flound said:
C-C-C-Conor goes Cha-Ching!
The kid just made bank. You know there's a ratings scale in there.
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who'd have ever thought the FW division would be considered the $Money$ division. Aldo is thanking his lucky stars Conor came along. Joker or not eh?

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: tboned
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:15 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

Where you at BUDO?

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: tboned
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:16 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

Aldo is gonna get paid

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: 7time
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:24 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

MysterLynch said:
Part of it was that a lot of media sources wanted a piece of Conor, far more than might normally reach out to the UFC. FX had him host a movie marathon, that call comes from the network, not Fox itself.
Just like how American Idol expressed interest in Ronda and nobody else.
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Fx is owned by fox no ? It's in Fox's best interest to have him appear on all their other channels to promote an event on their company's channel.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: MysterLynch
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:32 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

7time said:
Fx is owned by fox no ? It's in Fox's best interest to have him appear on all their other channels to promote an event on their company's channel.
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Correct, but Fox Sports can't simply call the head of programming at FX and tell him to use Conor. Each channel runs itself and answers to different higher ups within the company. The UFC deals with Fox Sports and FX works very little with them.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: 7time
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:39 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

MysterLynch said:
Correct, but Fox Sports can't simply call the head of programming at FX and tell him to use Conor. Each channel runs itself and answers to different higher ups within the company. The UFC deals with Fox Sports and FX works very little with them.
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Can I ask how your privy to that information ? I'M nearly certain that if Fox wanted Connor on FX or FS1 or FMC he'd be on. Fox is the highest up it goes in that chain of command.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: MysterLynch
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:47 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

7time said:
Can I ask how your privy to that information ? I'M nearly certain that if Fox wanted Connor on FX or FS1 or FMC he'd be on. Fox is the highest up it goes in that chain of command.
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Just some knowledge of TV and the structure of many of the companies.
Fox is simply the company, it contains many parts and each division has a different chain of command. The Fox network, for example, is a the crown jewel of the TV programming, but is still just part of the bigger Fox company and still just a part of the Television division of the company. Dana and co are not dealing with the heads of Fox Corp, they are dealing with the powers that be in Fox Sports, which handles FS1 and 2 and sports programming on Fox, they deal with folks like Bill Wagner, a VP for the Fox Sports division.
Truth be told, I doubt the higher up corp execs know much about the UFC, certainly no more than they know about the TV show Justified, only that it is programming on a channel within the company.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: 7time
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:49 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

MysterLynch said:
Just some knowledge of TV and the structure of many of the companies.
Fox is simply the company, it contains many parts and each division has a different chain of command. The Fox network, for example, is a the crown jewel of the TV programming, but is still just part of the bigger Fox company and still just a part of the Television division of the company. Dana and co are not dealing with the heads of Fox Corp, they are dealing with the powers that be in Fox Sports, which handles FS1 and 2 and sports programming on Fox, they deal with folks like Bill Wagner, a VP for the Fox Sports division.
Truth be told, I doubt the higher up corp execs know much about the UFC, certainly no more than they know about the TV show Justified, only that it is programming on a channel within the company.
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Thanks for the informative and to the point post.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Flound
Date: January 21, 2015 at 06:57 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

7time said:
Can I ask how your privy to that information ? I'M nearly certain that if Fox wanted Connor on FX or FS1 or FMC he'd be on. Fox is the highest up it goes in that chain of command.
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I'll add to it a bit.
21st Century Fox is a large multinational media conglomerate. It owns Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary. Fox Entertainment Group has four main divisions; one of the divisions of FEG is Fox Sports Media Group. It's not in the same division as the FOX network.
So really, not only is the FOX network not the highest up the food chain, it doesn't have direct control over Fox Sports Media Group, either.
Fox Sports 1 reports to Fox Sports Media Group who reports to Fox Entertainment Group, who in turn reports to 21st Century Fox who reports to Rupert Murdoch.
Really, though, within FEG, it's all very incestuous. Lots of time swapping and cross promotion. But it's not as linear as one would think.
Basically, I can vouch for Lynch.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: bigdmmafan
Date: January 21, 2015 at 07:43 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

MysterLynch said:
Just some knowledge of TV and the structure of many of the companies.
Fox is simply the company, it contains many parts and each division has a different chain of command. The Fox network, for example, is a the crown jewel of the TV programming, but is still just part of the bigger Fox company and still just a part of the Television division of the company. Dana and co are not dealing with the heads of Fox Corp, they are dealing with the powers that be in Fox Sports, which handles FS1 and 2 and sports programming on Fox, they deal with folks like Bill Wagner, a VP for the Fox Sports division.
Truth be told, I doubt the higher up corp execs know much about the UFC, certainly no more than they know about the TV show Justified, only that it is programming on a channel within the company.
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So then how can do you explain FX broadcasting the MacDonald vs. Saffedine fight card when the baseball game went into extra innings on Fox Sports 1? Did they just call and ask if the UFC could be on FX ?

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: MysterLynch
Date: January 21, 2015 at 07:49 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

bigdmmafan said:
So then how can do you explain FX broadcasting the MacDonald vs. Saffedine fight card when the baseball game went into extra innings on Fox Sports 1? Did they just call and ask if the UFC could be on FX ?
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Fox Sports works with various channels and had an contract to broadcast the UFC, they made some calls to ensure they lived up to their obligations. Somebody up the food chain in Fox Sports made some calls and came to an agreement. FX does not have heavy programming on Saturday nights, so it is not as though they were trying to replace Sons of Anarchy or something like that.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: bigdmmafan
Date: January 21, 2015 at 08:07 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

MysterLynch said:
Fox Sports works with various channels and had an contract to broadcast the UFC, they made some calls to ensure they lived up to their obligations. Somebody up the food chain in Fox Sports made some calls and came to an agreement. FX does not have heavy programming on Saturday nights, so it is not as though they were trying to replace Sons of Anarchy or something like that.
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All I will say is I believe there are plenty of interworkings within a company like that. Let's not forget the UFC aired on FX for the first year and a half of their deal. FX has only recently gotten out of dealing with FOX Sports because the FOX media empire are trying to make FS1 and FS2 competitors to ESPN.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: MysterLynch
Date: January 21, 2015 at 08:19 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

bigdmmafan said:
All I will say is I believe there are plenty of interworkings within a company like that. Let's not forget the UFC aired on FX for the first year and a half of their deal. FX has only recently gotten out of dealing with FOX Sports because the FOX media empire are trying to make FS1 and FS2 competitors to ESPN.
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I think everyone agrees that the various departments work together, if not, Conor would not have been on FX in the first place. My point was that FX has to actually be interested in somebody, which is not normally the case. Conor was everywhere because everyone wanted him.
UFC on FX was always a temporary thing, it was until the launch of the sports network. Even then, Dana and co were still dealing with the Fox sports division.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Reckin007
Date: January 21, 2015 at 08:28 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-fight-night-59-main-card-draws-2-75-million.65251/

UFC sucks.