The debut of Spike TV's "Ultimate Fight Night" scored a 1.5 rating
Saturday night, peaking at 2.8 during the final quarter hour, which
featured the eight-bout card's main event between
Nathan Marquardt (pictures) and
Ivan Salaverry (pictures).
Over 2 million viewers tuned in during the prime time showing of UFC's
first-ever free, live basic cable telecast. "Ultimate Fight Night"
knocked out the competition, taking the number-one slot for all cable
programming on Saturday night, outdrawing both an NFL pre-season game
between the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons and ESPN's X-Games.
Check out the official press release from SpikeTV
HERE