Three Reasons for the Ultimate Fighter's Record Low Ratings

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Comment this past Wednesday night, fox sports broadcast the third season of the latest plot of "the ultimate warrior". According to Nielsen television ratings, the show was at least watch the 18th season running, management only 639000 viewers. This is a far cry from, from a record high TUF an astonishing 68000 viewers, when Roy nelson 10 Kimbo slice in the 2009 season.
Is there a reason why the UFC's flagship reality TV ratings have fallen to the level that is currently in. On the contrary, there are many factors, the mainstream of sports fans show of conscience. Down here there are three main reasons:
The new channel
Since the beginning of the UFC ascension into the mainstream of sports, promote the cable home spike TV all the time. The fight, "countdown" between speciality and HHH, fans know spike TV where the UFC. Perfect work in the 21st century, and the marriage exists for Spike "man" of the marketing channel.
However, in 2012, the UFC fox, mobile spike TV ultimate fighter FX 15th season began its landmark TV deal. Without a doubt, a move that caused the lost some casual fans, who does not keep up with the MMA and television news, and continue to link the UFC TUF only with spike. About worse, FX is generally not as sports content, seconds kill counter programming TUF season rerun the plot of the past, including KIMBO large plots. Therefore, the first season of FX series low ratings reached a record.

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Now, the 18 seasons moving again, from FX to the new fox sports 1. If people are not familiar with watch sports on FX, the problem could get worse, moved to a channel, all the people are not familiar with. Even the most compelling program will be hard to get good ratings, when people don't know it was don't know where to find it, especially in the competitive world of sports TV.
The format of the old
To make things complicated, TUF 18 seasons become what, but striking is the fact. This is not to say that ronda ROUSEY Miesha gop without a convincing competition, or it is not a shot in the UFC exciting to see a group of candidates. But when there are two TUF seasons a year, almost every season has the same dynamic (feud coach to see each other not pleasing to the eye, no name rookie), it is no longer a must see TV.
In fact, it is a point, you can now effectively the progress of the arch out a season started before. First, Dana white claims that it is the best season ever, and ever the best fighter, then will be a cruel knockout, preliminaries, someone will feel left out in the process of picking team coach will scold each other will play stupid prank, furniture will be broken, the game will lead to people you never thought people fight, you didn't think of the title, a considerable number of people who find any during the show will also get the UFC contract.
Unable to create star recently
Go hand in hand, there have been too much of the season is too short time frame, the reality will not achieve today's achievement, in the creation of the stars, because it used to be. Regional MMA circuit, direct bypass TUFand who have made it a TUF house number, in fact the UFC, the rise of many top prospects get signed between is not a can't miss the lucky draw for graduation from the show in a period of time.
Especially, when you jump out to see who has won the American version, the series since Roy nelson earned breakthrough season 10 champions: Jonathan brookings court mackey Tony ferguson, John dodson, diego brent, Michael chiellini, colton Smith, and Kevin bloom. Does not consider dodson's shot on the UFC lightweight champion, these fighters are really doing nothing so far in the UFC. Although they are all different level good fighter, not a lot of fans watch any spell hastily dropped 60 yuan.
That compared with some names out of TUF only the last two seasons, Michael vick's Stephan Bonnar forrest griffin, josh Koscheck, diego sanchez, Kenny florian, nate - quarry bay, Chris LEBEN, Joe Stevenson, melvin Guillard, Keith marcus Davis, rashad Evans. And those are just a few people who took part in the last two seasons, not all of the winners. The working group has established two the UFC champion (griffin and Evans) and attract countless other top. By rights, more and more people will be excited to watch, if it is a little more mature than in recent years has been provided by the aircraft TUF champions league competition.
Is there a quick fix to stop TUF ratings decline, especially in light of fox sports 1. This is a special case, when the real repair may adopt to show off the air for a while, so that it can restore some initial novelty.