“These numbers are beyond huge. I’m blown away. I honestly am blown away. I knew it was going to be big. This is massive. Do you understand how significant these numbers are, getting more viewers than CBS?…It’s hard to say why, but some people have it and some don’t, and Kimbo definitely does.”
—Dana White reacting to the massive ratings for the third episode of TUF 10 featuring Kimbo Slice vs Roy Nelson
In case you haven’t heard, last night’s ratings were huge. 6.1 million people tuned into watch the final 15 minutes of the show, which is just below the 6.5 million total viewers Kimbo drew on CBS against James Thompson, and Spike isn’t available in nearly as many homes as CBS. It also pulled a 6.81 rating in the M18-35 demo and a 5.43 in the M18-49 demo.
Now that Kimbo has lost though, it will be interesting to see how many people bite on the promo teasing Kimbo’s return and tune in next week. Dana says, “Hang in there. The season’s not over yet.”
For those of us who will be watching regardless of what happens with Kimbo, Dana says we can at least look forward to much better fights than the first three.
“It’s a really good season,” White said. “The fight (between Slice and Nelson) sucked. I wasn’t happy with any of the fights the first three weeks, to be honest. I was disappointed by the way we came out of the gate in terms of the fights. But the fights really get better. By episode 8, believe me when I tell you, you’re going to be going wild.”
Hmm…you can interpret that however you like, but I’m taking it to mean “Titties” turns out to be a complete and utter badass. The next Brock Lesnar!
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Well if dana is happy, than i am happy!!! LOL, very cheesey! well i hope it continues to be good, i like all these shows, i have not missed a single one since the beginning. i dont know why but people bitch about it. its not like its ppv and your lossing money, its FREE. WTF, peep can be so childish, sometimes.
The thing I have liked most about this season so far is no drunken bullshit. I hope this shows the producers they don’t need that kind of stuff to get ratings.
There isn’t any drunken bullshit yet but other seasons took a couple episodes before that happened.
I knew Dana saw dollar signs when he looks at Kimbo and his comments prove that. I look for Kimbo to be around a little longer than people thought he would and I am sure he will make a PPV appearance if anything as just an experiment by the UFC to test the numbers.
Love,
Sammie