UFC on Fuel TV: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger

[The Cork]

Jeez, Sanchez is lucky the bell rang.

He needs to throw more head kicks, Jake had his right hand pretty low at times in that Rd.

 

[Troy]

Big comeback by Sanchez. Just can't seem to finish him though.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Now Diego turns it on in the last few minutes of the 3rd round.

This was a damn good fight.

 

[Troy]

Would give that last round to Sanchez to make it 29-28 Ellenberger. Really good fight.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Yeah Troy that's how i have it scored also, good mainevent for their debut on Fuel.

 

[The Cork]

Ellenberger is lucky he got the takedown otherwise that wouldve been a 10-8 Sanchez round for that holy beatdown at the end......

 

[Troy]

Good to see that the judges were on song for the mainevent. It was a really good debut on FuelTV and hopefully it gets a good rating because it was certainly a quality mainevent.

 

[No More Sorrow]

I'm hoping Dana will say Condit/Ellenberger is a possibility before GSP returns. They fought in Jake's UFC debut and he lost in a controversial decision i think people would pay to see 5 rounds between these two and i just can't see Carlos sitting out until Nov-Dec for GSP.

 

[No More Sorrow]

OMAHA, Neb. – Stipe Miocic, Ivan Menjivar, Jake Ellenberger and Diego Sanchez each earned $50,000 fight-night bonuses for their performances at Wednesday's UFC on FUEL TV 1 event.

Miocic earned the night's "Knockout of the Night" award, Menjivar picked up the "Submission of the Night" bonus, and Ellenberger and Sanchez earned "Fight of the Night" honors.

MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) learned of the bonus winners and award amounts at UFC on FUEL TV 1's post-fight press conference.

UFC on FUEL TV 1 took place at Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Neb. The main card aired on FUEL TV following a preliminary card on Facebook.

MMAJunkie.com

 

[No More Sorrow]

If you were left begging for two more rounds after Jake Ellenberger's thrilling three-round victory over Diego Sanchez, you weren't alone.

Following Wednesday's UFC on FUEL TV 1 event in Omaha, Neb., UFC president Dana White admitted he "blew it," and all future main events will feature five rounds.

"Already thought and done," White told MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com). "I'm actually pissed at myself about it, so yeah."

The UFC first implemented five-round non-title fights this past June.

"From this day forward, as we speak right here, right now today, every fight that is a main event that is not a title fight will be a five-round fight," White said following a UFC 131 pre-fight press conference.

However, when the UFC later signed a multi-year deal with the FOX family of networks, it turned out the new change only applied to pay-per-view and FOX-aired contests, leaving FX and FUEL TV with three-round main events.

No longer, said White.

"I can do 33 rounds on FUEL TV if I want to," White said. "FUEL TV can't get enough.

The fight would've been interesting if it went 5 rounds, because Diego started to land some shots and get into a rhythm at the very end of the third round so I'm glad they're having every main event fight be 5 rounds now.

Also this

OMAHA, Neb. – Wednesday's "UFC on FUEL TV 1: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger" event drew a reported 6,283 attendees and generated a live gate of $405,895.

 

[Dale]

[video=youtube;Tp3pKT5P8CU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp3pKT5P8CU&feature=g-u-u&context=G2eb3a25FUAAAAAAAAAA[/video]If you watch the first 8mins or so of this UFC Ultimate Insider Episode 2, it's the Diego Sanchez story NMS posted up above.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Wednesday's UFC on FUEL TV 1 event drew 217,000 viewers, MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) today confirmed with industry sources.

That's a new live-event record for FUEL TV, which drew 148,000 viewers for the UFC on FX 1 preliminary card and 144,000 viewers for the UFC on FOX 2 prelims this past month.

Wednesday's event took place during a free-preview week for FUEL TV on many cable platforms.

UFC on on FUEL TV 1 took place Feb. 15 at Nebraska's Omaha Civic Auditorium. After three prelims on Facebook, the three-hour FUEL TV broadcast featured six bouts, including Jake Ellenberger's entertaining main-event victory over fellow welterweight contender Diego Sanchez.

The event proved a surprise hit for the UFC, which earned mixed reviews for the recent and bigger UFC 143 and UFC on FOX 2 events. Stefan Struve, Stipe Miocic and Ivan Menjivar all earned stoppage wins on Wednesday's main card. Additionally, T.J. Dillashaw picked up a dominant decision victory, and Ronny Markes edged Aaron Simpson via split decision.

The event aired internationally on a variety of broadcast partners. If no TV station aired the event, fans from that country could watch a free stream on UFC.tv.

The UFC recently moved much of its live-event programming from Spike TV to FX and FUEL TV thanks to its seven-year deal with FOX. Although currently cable TV's lowest-rated cable station (among those big enough to garner ratings information), FUEL TV has increased from approximately 30 million homes to 36 million in the past few months due in large part to the new UFC programming, which has set ratings records for the sports-oriented station.

Spike TV's counter-programming efforts, which included a replay of The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale and past Diego Sanchez fights, averaged approximately 674,000 viewers on Wednesday.

MMAJunkie.com

 

[No More Sorrow]

Earlier today, MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) reported that Wednesday's UFC on FUEL TV 1 event averaged 217,000 viewers, which set a UFC-FUEL TV record.

Now, FUEL TV has released additional information, including additional record-setting figures.

Chief among them? UFC on FUEL TV 1 peaked with a record 315,000 viewers during the night's main event between Jake Ellenberger and Diego Sanchez.

UFC on FUEL TV 1, which is the first of six main-card broadcasts on the FOX-owned cable station in 2012, took place Feb. 15 at Nebraska's Omaha Civic Auditorium. After three prelims on Facebook, the three-hour FUEL TV broadcast featured six bouts, including Ellenberger's entertaining decision victory over Sanchez and Stefan Struve's TKO of fellow heavyweight Dave Herman.

Other UFC on FUEL TV 1 milestones included:

• Most-watched day in FUEL TV history with the total-day average audience up 520 percent overall and 580 percent among men 18-49 compared to February's averages
• Most-watched program and evening of prime-time programming in FUEL TV history
• Most-watched event in FUEL TV history among men 18-49 with 130,000 viewers

UFC has to be happy with this