World Series of Fighting held their first event in Las Vegas this past weekend and the event was broadcast on NBC Sports Network. NBC signed to broadcast one event from WSOF and left the option on the table to pick them up for multiple cards running through 2013. No one expected them to crack the numbers the UFC/WEC pulled on the channel when it was branded as the Versus Network, but it will be interesting to see if NBC decides to pick up the contract based on 198,000 reported viewers.�
MMAJunkie broke down the ratings landscape:
WSOF 1, the upstart organization’s debut event, averaged 198,000 viewers, MMAjunkie confirmed with industry sources.
The event took place at Nov. 3 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. In addition to the NBC Sports Network-televised main card, prelims streamed online.
WSOF 1′s debut ratings fell in line with most expectations (and, in fact, matched Bellator’s weekly average on MTV2 and topped the UFC on FUEL TV event series average on FUEL TV). The WSOF event, which saw Andrei Arlovski knock out fellow heavyweight Devin Cole in the headliner, drew similar numbers to what NBC Sports Network has garnered with some recent boxing programming.
However, before its rebranding as NBC Sports Network, the UFC on Versus event series averaged 868,500 viewers on the channel. Additionally, Versus averaged 601,000 viewers for the 18 WEC events it aired between 2008 and 2010.
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