Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov (9/10 on SHO)

[EmpireWF]

Mo will go to pro wrestling before he ever steps foot in a Dream ring or cage or YAMMA pot.

 

[Liquidrob]

Mousasi vs Kyle
King Mo vs OSP

 

[EmpireWF]

Where does Lorenz Larkin come into play?

 

[SHOGUN]

Where does Lorenz Larkin come into play?

He's gotta get past his Challengers fight with Zwicker first. If he wins, I think he goes right into the UFC.

 

[EmpireWF]

OUCH!

The show had the 2nd worst # of viewers out of any Strikeforce on Showtime card.

Despite two intriguing world-grand-prix semifinal fights and a middleweight championship bout, this past weekend's "Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" event averaged just 274,000 Showtime viewers.

Of the 18 Strikeforce "Arena Series" events that have aired on Showtime, "Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" ranks 17th in ratings history.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the figures with an industry source.

"Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" took place this past Saturday, Sept. 10, at Cincinnati's U.S. Bank Arena. The night's main card aired on Showtime, and the preliminary card aired on HDNet. In the night's co-headliners, Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier advanced to the finale of the Strikeforce world heavyweight grand prix with respective semifinal wins over Sergei Kharitonov and Antonio Silva. Additionally, Luke Rockhold upset Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza to take his Strikeforce middleweight title.

Despite a solid lineup from top to bottom and a host of impressive finishes, "Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" averaged just a 1.04 household rating among men 18-49 and a 1.17 among men 18-34.

The 274,000 viewers rank ahead only of "Strikeforce: Los Angeles," a midweek event that scored 164,000 viewers in June 2010. Strikeforce's Showtime broadcasts traditionally average 453,000 viewers. Additionally, first two events devoted to the grand prix averaged 628,500 viewers and are the top-rated broadcasts in Strikeforce-Showtime history.

The top-five and bottom-five Strikeforce-Showtime broadcasts include:
1. "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva" (February 2011): 741,000 viewers
2. "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" (June 2011): 624,000
3. "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg" (August 2009): 576,000
4. "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson" (July 20011): 571,000
5. "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg" (January 20011): 561,000

14. "Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II" (December 2010): 341,000
15. "Strikeforce: Evolution" (December 2009): 330,000
16. "Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery" (May 2010): 308,000
17. "Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" (September 2011): 274,000
18. "Strikeforce: Los Angeles" (June 2010): 164,000

"Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" is the only 2011 broadcast that scored fewer than 412,000 viewers.

In addition to the low ratings, the event also drew few fans live. MMAjunkie.com estimated fewer than 2,000 people attended the show, though official attendance figures won't be released until later in the week. The poor attendance and minimal media attention drew the ire of some fighters, including main-card competitor Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal, who felt the star-studded card deserved a better showing.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/25217/str...tings-showtime-scores-just-274000-viewers.mma

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

The show barely got a lick of promotion, im not surprised. Most casuals I know didnt even know it was on, and had already made other plans by the time I informed them.

 

[EmpireWF]

Strikeforce rarely did any real promotion though I'm surprised there was such a drop off from June.

I assume they'll put all their eggs in Carano's hoping for a much better # in December.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I put zero stock in that number, the show was not promoted at all, and was overshadowed by the Zuffa/Diaz clown show. The towel has been thrown, the number is irrelevent. Would not surprise med at all if the lack of promotion was intentional to make Barnett look bad.

 

[EmpireWF]

How well did they promote Overeem/Werdum or Diaz/Cyborg?

 

[SHOGUN]

How well did they promote Overeem/Werdum or Diaz/Cyborg?

Not well, but those were pushed more than this most recent card.

 

[SHOGUN]

Maxi is officially moving to 145 and will be on a UFC card in the near future according to his management's Facebook.

 

[EmpireWF]

Bellator 49 averaged 235k to Strikeforce's 275k.

lol