This past Saturday’s Strikeforce event, which included Gilbert Melendez vs. Jorge Masvidal, only drew 460,000 Showtime viewers despite a strong sports lead-in.
These figures have been confirmed by multiple sources.
This is only the sixth-highest rating out of all eight “Arena Series” events to air on Showtime.
The household rating figure was only 1.35.
The average audience size for all eight “Arena Series” events is currently at 521,375, while the “Challenger Series” draws considerably less.
Below is the complete list of viewership totals for each “Arena Series” events.
1. “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva” (February 2011): 741,000 viewers
2. “Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum” (June 2011): 624,000
3. “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson” (July 20011): 571,000
4. “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg” (January 20011): 561,000
5. “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley” (April 2011): 528,000
6. “Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal” (December 2011): 460,000
7. “Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson” (March 2011): 412,000
8. “Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov” (September 2011): 274,000
