darepool Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 My one wish for this event is that they develop a 'press the red button to skip Jon Fitch' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted December 30, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 Anyone know what time the FB and Ion prelims start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugaziuk Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 This past week's "Countdown to UFC 141" debut on FUEL TV scored just 15,000 viewers and a 0.03 household rating rating among men 18-49 and a 0.0 among men 18-34. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the Dec. 21 ratings with an industry source.  The show, which previews Friday's UFC 141 event and the headlining heavyweight eliminator of Alistair Overeem vs. Brock Lesnar, scored just 1,000 viewers for 1 a.m. ET/PT replay that followed the 10 p.m. ET/PT debut.  In addition to Lesnar vs. Overeem, which is a five-round non-title fight that earns the winner a shot at champion Junior Dos Santos, "Countdown to UFC 141" also previewed the pay-per-view co-headliner between lightweights Donald Cerrone and Nate Diaz. The event takes place on a rare Friday rather than Saturday (to accommodate New Year's Eve festivities in Las Vegas) at MGM Grand Garden Arena.  The ratings show that the UFC and FUEL TV still have a long way to go in building up the channel as a UFC-programming hub. The FOX-owned channel is taking over the bulk of UFC programming that previously aired on Spike TV, which traditionally averaged nearly a half-million viewers per new episode of "UFC Countdown" in 2011.  Unlike Spike TV, which is available in approximately 100 million homes, FUEL TV is available in just 36 million, according to the channel's official website. However, with the UFC's move to the FOX family of networks in 2012 and greater demand from UFC fans in recent weeks, nearly 10 million FUEL TV homes were added just in the past month. However, the channel still requires a subscription to a larger sports package in many markets.  In addition to specialty programming such as "Countdown," FUEL TV will air many UFC preliminary-card specials in 2012. Additionally, a handful of UFC on FUEL TV events are planned, including one in February that airs live from Nebraska.  Despite the low TV ratings, many fans have watched the "Countdown to UFC 141" episode via other outlets, including UFC.com. Additionally, you can now watch the full episode on MMAjunkie.com.  I know its just a preview show but thats got to be a huge disapointment for UFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostface1982 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Diaz smacked off Cowboy's hat during the staredowns. Thats gonna be awesome. I have a feeling that Cerrone's hat is the only thing Diaz will be smacking. All of his unintelligible smacktalk and tough guy antics only really serve to paper over the fact that he's not able to compete at the very top level. Cerrone is top level. He always has that really annoying look on his face too. That's enough for anyone to hate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackie Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Anyone know what time the FB and Ion prelims start?  Ion Prelims are 2am  So i assume Facebook prelims are around midnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted December 30, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 Background check. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Galt Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 In all this build up, I've kind of lost interest in Lesnar/Overeem and am more interested in seeing the other Diaz mongrel get twatted by Cowboy. I don't know if it'll be as good as seeing him get suplexed three timese but it should be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 My one wish for this event is that they develop a 'press the red button to skip Jon Fitch' Â On a more serious note, it appears that Lesnar has been flexing his legal muscles when it comes to Overeem training at Xtreme Couture's; Â Brock Lesnar was the reason that Alistair Overeem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig The Hunter Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Don't see myself lasting until 6, so have it set to record. Will be staying off the internet, Twitter, Facebook etc until I've seen the show, likely tomorrow morning. Can't wait to see this, it's gonna be a cracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doog Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Do UFC shows typically overun past 6am? I'm half cut now with us playing tonight so am gonna record it for tomorrow night so should I record the show after aswell just in case?! Not got much space on the V+ that's all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Do UFC shows typically overun past 6am? I'm half cut now with us playing tonight so am gonna record it for tomorrow night so should I record the show after aswell just in case?! Not got much space on the V+ that's all Nah  They structure the card to finish before a certain time, you will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris-fogg Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 it says on the ufc website NEW TIME !! holy fuck im exited for this man fight of the year lesnar HAS to win this fucking fight cowboy has to kill diaz and send him the fuck home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Do UFC shows typically overun past 6am? I'm half cut now with us playing tonight so am gonna record it for tomorrow night so should I record the show after aswell just in case?! Not got much space on the V+ that's all I've been caught out twice with my recordings cutting out midway through the main event, so if you want to be extra sure (like me), then record the show afterwards. It's better to delete the extra show tomorrow after seeing the event than it is to miss the end of the main event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loligan Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 The big fight feel is in the air. I honestly cant wait. Ive subscribed to espn for this. Thats never happened before!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METAL ON METAL Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 For those interested, the full paydays (show/win money) for tonight's fighters include: Brock Lesnar: $400,000 show/no win bonus Alistair Overeem: $264,285.71/$121,428.57 Donald Cerrone: $30,000/$30,000 Nate Diaz: $37,000/$37,000 Jon Fitch: $60,000/$60,000 Johny Hendricks: $26,000/$26,000 Alexander Gustafsson: $16,000/$16,000 Vladimir Matyushenko: $40,000/$40,000 Jim Hettes: $8,000/$8,000 Nam Phan: $8,000/$8,000 Junior Assuncao: $8,000/$8,000 Ross Pearson: $20,000/$20,000 Danny Castillo: $19,000/$19,000 Anthony Njokuani: $12,000/$12,000 Dong Hyun Kim: $41,000/$41,000 Sean Pierson: $8,000/$8,000 Efrain Escudero: $10,000/$10,000 Jacob Volkmann: $16,000/$16,000 Luis Ramos: $6,000/$6,000 Matt Riddle: $15,000/$15,000 Manny Gamburyan: $18,000/$18,000 Diego Nunes: $12,000/$12,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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