Miller really shouldn't get bad mouthed for this imo. All he did was interupt Jake Shats interview and then Shats camp went ape ____, Shats threw a girling punch and then all hell broke loose. Miller is an attention whore, everyone knows that. He was attempting to hype a possible match in the future and Shats and his camp went off the deep end, for no reason.
That nonsense aside, Strikeforce did nothing more than turn off would be MMA fans, and continues to do nothing for hard core MMA fans. Total fail. Thnx Strikeforce.
I think MMA missed its window to become a true 'mainstream' sport. If it was gonna happen it was gonna happpen with EliteXC and the Kimbo hype when non MMA people were really willing to buy into it. The moment has passed, so unless MMA can produce a star to grab the everyday shmoes attention, the sport is gonna stay where it is. Which is fine, its making shat loads of money and generally pleasing its true fan base.
UFC is where its at in the US, and thats were its gonna stay. Period.
Thnx Affliction/Elite XC/Strikeforce. Dont let the door hit you in the ass
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I wonder if telemundos MMA/cagefight brought in higer ratings?
I am glad I missed strike force, the whole thing was a 'fail' from what I heard.
It's CBS and Saturday night.
They actually weren't.
Spike TV's UFC 110 replay draws 1.4 million viewers, tops Strikeforce in key demo
I already stated that it's pointless to compare network ratings to cable since one is free (CBS) and the other isn't (Spike TV). But just for the sake of argument:
Yes, the UFC didn't beat Strikeforce in the ratings. BUT.. the UFC DID beat Strikeforce in the key 18-34 yr old male demographic. Which is the target audience for MMA and the target audience CBS is trying to get.
UFC 110, which was a replay of a 2 month old event had more 18-34 yr old male viewers watching than Strikforce on CBS which was a live event featuring 3 title fights. That's pathetic no matter how you try to spin it.
And one of those title fights included Dan Henderson, the guy Strikeforce just paid a crap load of money to because SF thought he was a huge draw. Well obviously.. he's not.
Not to mention compared to other network programming CBS/Strikeforce came in dead last ratings wise. Even against repeats.
America's Most Wanted, Law & Order (repeat), Law & Order SVU (repeat), Castle (repeat), hell.. even a repeat Shark Tale had higher numbers than Strikeforce: Nashville.
Also.. the lead-in for the CBS/Strikeforce card (a repeat of NCIS: Los Angeles) had more viewers (3.58 Million). Which means people bounced when Strikeforce came on. And if you look at the numbers, the biggest drop off was during the Aoki-Melendez fight. Wonder why!?
Aoki vs. Alvarez butt scoot
Now I love MMA and UFC has the best of the best however most matches aren't that exciting or heart pounding. On occasion some of them are and usually its the same fighters that make the excellent matches occur. Aggressiveness seems to be the best way to judge that. Matt Hughes and George St. Pierre fights for example have that aggressiveness every round. These strikeforce title fights were a joke. If they spent that much money on paying Henderson to take the loss, at the very least have the fighters practice fighting each other to make it look real. Fighters in the World Wrestling Entertainment/Federation spent an entire day going over how the fight would turn out. lol.. OK so I'm being facetious here.. I want these MMA fights to be legit and real all the time. The brunt of the money should come when you win, not when you get signed up for the fight, and most definitely not in order to prop up a fighter by taking a loss.. If Henderson's first knockdown was a fluke that wasn't supposed to happen and he said "Oh SH%T" I need to stop throwing even baby punches, and we got what we saw in the rest of the fight.. Then shame on them.. Henderson needs to fight like his life is in danger and if he doesn't kill his opponent in one minute, some terrible thing will happen to his family.
