UFC 136 Prelims on Spike Draw Record Low Viewers

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Most people would be happy with 1 million of anything. I would take a million dollars or even a million Ring Pops, as I could sell them for considerably more, but the million we’re bringing up isn’t that good.

Spike’s one-hour coverage of the UFC 136 preliminary fights (Anthony Pettis vs. Jeremy Stephens, Demian Maia vs. Jorge Santiago) drew an abysmal (by their standards) one million viewers. The broadcast drew a low with a 0.8 household rating and 1.0 million viewers.

Of the previous 23 UFC prelims on Spike TV, UFC 126 scored the most viewers with 2 million.

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