The UFC hates Affliction, as Dana White has stated in the past, even though they can't stop it, they don't need to help it. With that in mind, the UFC engaged in some interesting counter-programming this past Saturday night to coincide with Affliction's Fedor v. Arlovski card. The UFC showed UFC 91 which featured Brock Lesnar fighting former UFC Heavyweight and Lightweight champion Randy Couture - and it did well. Really well. According to Spike, the replay of UFC 91 was the highest rated show on all of Television Saturday night for males in the 18-34 demographic.
Going head to head with the "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" pay-per-view broadcast, Spike TV's replay of "UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar" peaked with 3.3 million viewers, Spike TV officials today announced.
According to MMA Junkie, the replay averaged over 2 million viewers at every moment of the airing, and the replay "peaked with 3.3 million viewers", making it the "most-watched taped UFC event in network history."
UFC 91 was one of the all-time best PPV shows for the UFC, but that was soon surpassed by UFC 92. If things going according to plan, the STACKED UFC 94 event featuring BJ Penn v. Georges St. Pierre will break all PPV records.
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