Trends show that the sock folders draw? Plus, Meltzer has a boner for Miesha Tate

[Warner2BruceTD]

Strikeforce Challengers on 8/13 did a 0.76 rating and 237,000 viewers for the show headlined by Joe Riggs vs. Louis Taylor and the women’s tournament. No way Riggs vs. Taylor (who nobody knew) did that number. It’s one of the highest rated (I think third place) Challengers shows since Showtime did MMA, and the second highest was the show built around Kim Couture vs. Kerry Vera, so when it comes to the Friday night late shows, the women mean something. That’s up from 0.59 for the 7/23 show (which also had a women’s fight on it, but it was good fighter Sarah Kaufman as opposed to “pretty girls” Couture and Vera or in this case, Miesha Tate who they’ve been trying to market). I’ve written this before, but if you were to see Tate in person, she’s super attractive. In photos and television, it never comes across anywhere close to doing her justice. But her marketability is based on photos and her face on television along with if she can win her fights and talk well and basically get over. The peak rating was 0.90 for the Liz Caramouche vs. Colleen Schneider match in the middle of the show. The one thing about Strikeforce Challengers show ratings is that when you’ve got a show airing from 11 p.m. to around 1:30 a.m., the peak is usually not going to be with the main event, although historically it has been more often than not with the No. 2 from the top match and this was before the tournament final and the main event.

I would violate Tate with a furious rage, I don;t know what he's talking about, it definately comes across.

But yeah, is Strikeforce on to something with the broads?

[Liquidrob]

facts are facts, the women draw, Gina out drew Kimbo and Fedor on Showtime, thats crazy

None of these girls currently are Gina, but some of them can be Gina-Lite, Tate, Vera, plus Megu for the Shoguns of the world draw interest

They have to be good looking though, only Cyborg can get away with it because she has the Mike Tyson of WMMA thing going right now

Strikeforce should push them, but not over go overboard and make it GLOW for MMA

[SHOGUN]

Not everyone dislikes women's MMA like you, W2BTD.

But this is good news and I think Zoila Frausto could be another female fighter that could draw.

[Warner2BruceTD]

I don't like watching women do anything athletic. Basketball sucks, wrestling sucks, MMA sucks...everything. It's just an inferior product, I want to feel like i'm watching the best. I like watching Cyborg because she has that freakshow vibe, otherwise i'd rather be watching mediocre men than top women.

[dave]

I don't like watching women do anything athletic. Basketball sucks, wrestling sucks, MMA sucks...everything. It's just an inferior product, I want to feel like i'm watching the best. I like watching Cyborg because she has that freakshow vibe, otherwise i'd rather be watching mediocre men than top women.

Women figure skaters - top notch.
Women jello fighters - top notch.
Women beach volleyball players - top notch.
Women in the WWE - mostly top notch.
Women in tennis - mostly top notch.

Stop being so sexist, W2BTD.

[Liquidrob]

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The Kerry Vera KO is still one of the best, at 1:40

[Warner2BruceTD]

Women figure skaters - why the fuck would any man watch figure skating?
Women jello fighters - stop
Women beach volleyball players - might as well not exist
Women in the WWE - every single one of them is terrible, the WWE employs the worst female wrestlers in the industry. embarrassingly bad.
Women in tennis - I actually do occassionally watch.

[dave]

Women figure skaters - why the fuck would any man watch figure skating?
Katarina Witt, Tanith Belbin, Sasha Cohen.
Women jello fighters - stop
Admittedly the jello is an issue after I pay for the lapdance.
Women beach volleyball players - might as well not exist
Are you gay or oblivious to beautiful bums?
Women in the WWE - every single one of them is terrible, the WWE employs the worst female wrestlers in the industry. embarrassingly bad.
Kelly Kelly, Maryse and Eve Torres are stellar workers. They belong in your top 100.
Women in tennis - I actually do occassionally watch.
Women's tennis better than men's, because: A) They're better to look at; B) The damn game has rallies and not 400 mph serves with psycho equipment.

See above....

[Liquidrob]

Best women sports are MMA and Tennis, thats about it for me

When the Olympics is on I can watch Gymnastics and some other events, just because its the Olympics

[SHOGUN]

A female wrestler in W2B's Top 100?

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Women's Volleyball, maybe Tennis (and it has to be Serena or Venus type shit) and that is about it for me.

Women's MMA is a nice break in the action, but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch and I definitely wouldn't buy a PPV featuring that in the main event.

[Steel Mamba]

I don't like watching women do anything athletic. Basketball sucks, wrestling sucks, MMA sucks...everything. It's just an inferior product, I want to feel like i'm watching the best. I like watching Cyborg because she has that freakshow vibe, otherwise i'd rather be watching mediocre men than top women.

Agreed. There's only but a select few females in MMA that could be considered great athletes or great fighters. It's not sexist, it's just something that they're not naturally built for.

[Kuzzy Powers]

Female volleyball is tremendous stuff..

Female tennis is completely inferior to the mens product and is a circus for the most part. Those bitches cant hold serve for their life. But I still enjoy it because I enjoy tennis.

I dont mind womens MMA, I think it can be entertaining, but I will admit thats usually when im taking the few minutes to roll a joint, or go to the bathroom, or grab some food. It will always take bottom priority to the men..

[JeremyHight]

Women's MMA is awful, just awful. It is like watching a sloppy match, but it won't ever get any better. The occasional sloppy match is fine, but every women's match is just painful.