M-1 Challenge this Friday on Showtime

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M-1 Baby!

The Official Website of Showtime Sports

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M-1 usually puts on good events.

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Undefeated 12-0 Lightweight
Alexander Sarnavskiy

Remember the name

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tonight

I say they get 85k viewers

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tonight

I say they get 85k viewers

I'll say higher.

Challengers does in the 200's, Bellator is cracking 200, I think this can break 100. I think people who watch Challengers would be aware of this, and they can get half of them.

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I'll say higher.

Challengers does in the 200's, Bellator is cracking 200, I think this can break 100. I think people who watch Challengers would be aware of this, and they can get half of them.

I was first going to say 85-100k, but I didnt want to be called a M-1 shill

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Um...guru?!!??

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Um...guru?!!??

The Titan show is loaded with big names tonight, too.

Zuffa Guru?

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MMA in a ring. Alexander Sarnavky up first.

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Pat Miletich loves Dusty Rhodes...if you will lol

Great main event

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Really good event. It felt good to watch some quality MMA in a ring.

M-1 needs to step up their championship belts. They look cheap.

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Pretty good fights beside the Norwood snuggie fest

Alexander Sarnavskiy was great, had some TD defense also which is nice

CG's favorite fighter Magomed Sultanakhmedov just laid a brutal beating on that dude, his body was bruised head to toe

Vinny has got it going lately

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Yeah. Vinny has started to train MMA full-time and it's showing.

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M-1 Global's first-ever Showtime-broadcast event drew 189,000 viewers to the premium cable channel.

MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com
) today confirmed the figure with industry sources.

Featuring a lightweight title bout between new champion Jose Figueroa and former title holder Artiom Damkovsky, "M-1 Challenge 24: Damkovsky vs. Figueroa" took place Friday, March 25 in Norfolk, Va. The event marked M-1 Global's debut on Showtime.

While demographic data was not immediately available, the figure represents a 0.52 household rating.

"M-1 Challenge 24: Damkovsky vs. Figueroa" draws 189,000 viewers to Showtime | MMAjunkie.com


I think that's a decent starting point for M-1.

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Vinny on M-1's lack of promotion for the card..

The reason why Showtime/M-1 didn't advertise the show properly, was because some the Russians on the main card didn't have their visas issued until few days before the fight, so they were concerned about promoting a card with names that would possibly not be able to make on the card, and they didn't want to take that risk.

I don't think the numbers were bad at all, specially if you compare to Bellator (which was a little above 150.000 and had much more time to advertise, not count out the fact that Bellator has a bigger name in the US). Showtime only had announced the event on their schedule, but they didn't do one single commercial for it. M-1's only source of media was the internet. I heard that all the visa situation for the Russian guys is taken care of for the rest of the year, so I'm sure there will be a better advertisement from Showtime/M-1 for their next card (july 8th) , so the rates will probably be higher, specially after this first show , which was considered a success by Showtime/M-1 and by the fans, which is even more important.