{"id":148568,"date":"2015-06-09T15:19:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T22:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=148568"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:05:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:05:33","slug":"boxing-bests-ufc-in-weekend-ratings-war-ouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/boxing-bests-ufc-in-weekend-ratings-war-ouch\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing Bests UFC In Weekend Ratings War &#8212; OUCH!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dan-Henderson.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-147955\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dan-Henderson.png\" alt=\"Dan Henderson\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dan-Henderson.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dan-Henderson-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dan-Henderson-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dan-Henderson-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UFC ate a big haymaker from boxing over the weekend in the form of ratings.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the breakdown:<\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC Fight Night 68<\/strong>&#8211; 950,000 average viewers during the main card broadcast on FOX Sports 1, with 782,000 viewers during the prelim broadcast. This was the third highest Fight Night event so far this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HBO&#8217;s Miguel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale<\/strong>&#8211; 1.6 million at peak viewership. Third rated HBO boxing event this year and the fifth rated American boxing event.<\/p>\n<p>So needless to say boxing won this round. Did you watch one or both of the events?<\/p>\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t say much about the ongoing, basically pointless, debate about MMA and boxing. Fans of boxing will always tune into the big fights, while MMA fans spread themselves among so many promotions and events. UFC Fight Night 68 was one of the best events in recent memory and thats all that really matters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH! Gilbert Melendez Trains For Eddie Alvarez, And Looks Scary! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4275410689001\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC ate a big haymaker from boxing over the weekend in the form of ratings. Here&#8217;s the breakdown: UFC Fight Night 68&#8211; 950,000 average viewers during the main card broadcast on FOX Sports 1, with 782,000 viewers during the prelim broadcast. This was the third highest Fight Night event so far this year. HBO&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":147955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boxing Bests UFC In Weekend Ratings War -- OUCH! | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ratings are in from this past weekend and MMA did not win the ratings battle....Full story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/boxing-bests-ufc-in-weekend-ratings-war-ouch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boxing Bests UFC In Weekend Ratings War -- OUCH! 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