The live finale for The Ultimate Fighter 13 finished slightly below last season’s Spike TV broadcast, registering a 1.32 household rating and an average audience of 1.8 million viewers.
In its most valued demographics, the finale drew a 1.74 rating among men 18-49 and 1.95 in men 18-34.
For comparison purposes, The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale last December drew a household rating of 1.4 and an average audience of two million viewers. The TUF 11 Finale drew 2.4 million viewers and TUF 10 Finale (the Kimbo Slice year) had 3.7 million viewers.
The three-hour TUF 13 Finale broadcast featured a total of five fights: Chris Cope over Chuck O’Neil, Kyle Kingsbury over Fabio Maldonado, Ed Herman over Tim Credeur, co-headliner Clay Guida over Anthony Pettis and main event Tony Ferguson over Ramsey Nijem.
The Ultimate Fighter 13:
Ep. 1: 1.5 million viewers
Ep. 2: 1.2 million viewers
Ep. 3: 1.3 million viewers
Ep. 4: 1.3 million viewers
Ep. 5: 1.5 million viewers
Ep. 6: 1.2 million viewers
Ep. 7: 1.0 million viewers
Ep. 8: 1.2 million viewers
Ep. 9: 1.0 million viewers
Ep. 10: 1.2 million viewers
Live Finale: 1.8 million viewers