UFC vs Strikeforce Ratings News: Both Score Big

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The Strikeforce show from January 30, 2010 did the second most viewers for a Strikefoce show on Showtime, with early estimates at 517,000 viewers or a 1.8 rating.

In August, the Gina Carano/Cyborg show did 571,000 viewers for a 2.17 rating.

The show went head-to-head with a taped airing of the 12/12 UFC 107 show on Spike, which did a 1.64 rating and 2.2 million viewers, peaking at 1.93 and 2.5 million viewers for the Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo match. The B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez main event did a 1.80 rating.

This was UFC’s second highest rating for a taped show on Spike.

Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

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