The UFC and Spike TV's latest "UFC Prelims" special rebounded slightly from its previous figure and drew 1.2 million viewers and an overall 0.9 household rating.
The latest one-hour special coincided with this past weekend's UFC 139 event.
While the figure was relatively low in the series' history, the special did win its timeslot among male basic cable viewers in the ages 18-34 demo and was second among males 18-49.
Spike TV officials today emailed the ratings information to MMAjunkie.com (
UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com).
UFC 139 took place this past Saturday, Nov. 19, at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The Spike TV special followed a Facebook preliminary-card stream and preceded the night's pay-per-view main card. Ryan Bader and Michael McDonald both picked up first-round stoppage victories during the Spike TV broadcast.
Of the 25 "UFC Prelims" specials Spike TV has aired to date, UFC 139's ranks as just the 20th best.
The all-time worst viewership was set in October at UFC 136, which drew just one million viewers. The best came earlier this year at UFC 126, which drew two million viewers.
The full list of "UFC Prelims" broadcasts and ratings as compiled by MMAjunkie.com includes:
1) UFC 126 (February 2011): 2 million viewers
2) UFC 109 (February 2010): 1.7 million
3) UFC 135 (September 2011): 1.6 million
3) UFC 131 (June 2011): 1.6 million
3) UFC 114 (May 2010): 1.6 million
6) UFC 129 (April 2010): 1.5 million
6) UFC 108 (January 2010): 1.5 million
6) UFC 121 (October 2010): 1.5 million
6) UFC 123 (November 2010): 1.5 million
10) UFC 133 (August 2011): 1.4 million
10) UFC 104 (October 2009): 1.4 million
10) UFC 103 (September 2009): 1.4 million
13) UFC 134 (August 2011): 1.3 million
13) UFC 130 (May 2011): 1.3 million
13) UFC 128 (March 2011): 1.3 million
13) UFC 119 (September 2010): 1.3 million
13) UFC 116 (July 2010): 1.3 million
13) UFC 115 (June 2010): 1.3 million
13) UFC 106 (November 2009): 1.3 million
20) UFC 139 (November 2011): 1.2 million
20) UFC 132 (July 2011): 1.2 million
20) UFC 111 (March 2010): 1.2 million
23) UFC 137 (October 2011): 1.1 million
23) UFC 118 (August 2010): 1.1 million
25) UFC 136 (October 2011): 1 million
26) UFC 125 (January 2011): 829,000*
27) UFC 127 (February 2011): 714,000*
* - Aired on ION Television, not Spike TV
