While Showtime executives do not traditionally release ratings figures,
early estimates for this past weekend’s historic “Strikeforce and M-1
Global: Fedor vs. Werdum” co-promoted event put the average Showtime
viewership at nearly 500,000 viewers.
MMAjunkie.com has learned from industry sources that
Showtime experienced a ratings jump of 56 percent for the show against
May’s “Strikeforce: St. Louis” event, which drew 308,000 average viewers.
The sources also indicated that Showtime executives are pleased with the
results and that “Fedor vs. Werdum” now ranks as the third-most viewed
Strikeforce card in Showtime’s history behind the August 2009 “Carano
vs. Cyborg” event and January’s “Strikeforce: Miami.”