To hopefully draw viewers away from the Affliction PPVs, the UFC has been showing replays of their big UFC pay per views for free on SpikeTV at the same time as Affliction. Showing the “Biggest fight in history” wasn’t a bad choice of fights to show.
At it’s peak, Spike revealed that there were 3.3 million viewers, and had an average of 2.3 million.
There is no way to tell if it actually drew fans away from buying Affliction, but its safe to say that the ones who didn’t want to buy it had another option to watch for free. This was of course the fight where Brock Lesnar defeated Randy Couture in the second round with a TKO.
In a recent interview Frank Mir regarding his upcoming fight with Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira at UFC 92, Mir has stated that he looks to go the full 25 minutes of the fight. As we’ve seen in the past, Nogueira is a very hard man to finish. He has been knocked down numerous times in the UFC and come out of the fight a bloody mess, but managed to get a submission on his opponent to end the fight. Mir on the other hand is the man who holds the only victory over Brock Lesnar in the UFC, who recently defeated Randy Couture with an authorative knockout at UFC 91. When it comes to jiu jitsu, Nogueira has the obvious advantage due to his longer holding of his black belt and also has a black belt in Judo as well. If it does go to the ground, Mir will have to be able to stop Nogueira’s slow pressure game that he likes to play on top. This is going to be a sure test for Frank Mir and it is his chance to step up and take the interim heavyweight belt. Check out the rest of the UFC 92 Fight Card here and the UFC 92 Results here.
Brock Lesnar - $450,000 ($250,000 + $200,000 for the win)
Randy Couture - $250,000
Brock Lesnar def Randy Couture via TKO (strikes)
Kenny Florian - $80,000 ($ 40,000 + $40,000 for the win)
Joe Stevenson - $35,000
Kenny Florian def Joe Stevenson via Submission (RNC)
Dustin Hazelett - $28,000 ($14,000 + $14,000 for the win)
Tamdan McCrory - $10,000
Dustin Hazelett def Tamdan McCrory via Sub (armbar)
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It’s true. Brock Lesnar has defeated the legend, and he did it in a very convincing fashion. TKO in the second round to defeat the 45 year old verteran Randy Couture is what Lesnar hopes will silence the skeptics. Randy still looked fairly sharp, but definitely not as sharp as he was in his last fight 15 months ago. The time off seems to have aged him more than many would like to admit, and it showed in the second round. As sad as I was to see Randy Couture lose, this man is a monster and I can’t wait to see where he will go from here. Full UFC 91 results here.
