UFC on Fox 4: Shogun vs. Vera

I've been there before LHL leave a club to go home watch some boxing/ufc and either time it badly or get sidetracked get home and its the last round of a war.

 

:-( What the **** a UFC before 3 am. Think I'm going to tear my shirt off like hulkamaniac can't believe this. Gutted wanted to watch this like stalker watches his prey

 

Bunch of ****s on here. :sad2 **** me and my social life

 

You've no idea how gutted I am. I left t three thinking the UFC starts at that time like all UFC events. Now I'm sitting here like a **** with nothing to do

 

It's not a great substitiute but the Deontay Wilder vs. Kertson Manswell card is on. Slim pickings I know but it's either that or you hit the old fight tapes.

By the way you really missed some great fights tonight!

 

you're just trying to make me feel bad now. I' watching the Miller vs Pham fight now so at least that is some sort of consolation. Rather than hearing how great this card is :verysad

By the way I'd rather watch paint dry rather than Wilder. he usually fights people with the ability of paint

 

You called it. Wlder's opponent took th fight on a week and ahalfs notice and guess what....... paint. 1st round KO, after two knockdowns. :-(

 

My thoughts exactly. It was a great fight, but Shogun is so incredibly inconsistent.

He can look brilliant in one fight, starching Machida or Griffin, go life and death with another ATG in Hendo, but then struggle through what should've been a relatively easy win in Vera.

I don't what to take anything away from the fight, Vera was extremely impressive and looked better than he had in years, but ****, if Shogun can't show up for a near guaranteed win to secure him a title shot he doesn't particularly deserve I really don't know what to make of him any more.

 

The "Truth" is Vera is not an easy win if he put sit all together he is a talented guy who has underachieved but wth his back against the wall he was going to fight tonight which he did. Entertaining fight for sure.

 

I agree I'd like to see Vera with much better conditioning. he didn't look in the greatest of shape early on.

 

Shogun´s stamina is disgraceful...

 

This past weekend's UFC on FOX 4 event was undoubtedly the most entertaining in UFC-FOX's short history.

Unfortunately, the ratings didn't necessarily reflect the stellar card, which took place this past Saturday, Aug. 4, at Los Angeles' Staples Center.

Industry sources told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) the two-hour FOX main-card broadcast, which went head-to-head with NBC's highly rated Summer Olympics coverage, drew a nearly identical audience as UFC on FOX 3, which saw a ratings low earlier this year.

UFC on FOX 4 scored an overall 1.44 household rating and averaged 2.4 million viewers.

UFC on FOX 4's main card, which followed prelims on FUEL TV, featured light-heavyweight co-headliners. In the main event, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua scored a fourth-round TKO victory over a game Brandon Vera. In the co-headliner, Lyoto Machida earned a title shot with a second-round knockout of Ryan Bader.

UFC on FOX 1 remains the benchmark for UFC on FOX events with 5.7 million viewers. In fact, it is the all-time highest-rated MMA event on U.S. network television. That record previously was held by 2008's "EliteXC: Primetime" event, which averaged 4.9 million CBS viewers on the strength of a Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson vs. James Thompson headliner.

UFC on FOX 2 averaged 4.7 million viewers back in January. UFC on FOX 3 averaged 2.4 million in May.

The all-time UFC on FOX ratings include:

UFC on FOX 1 (Velasquez vs. Dos Santos): 5.7 million viewers
UFC on FOX 2 (Evans vs. Davis): 4.7 million
UFC on FOX 3 (Diaz vs. Miller): 2.4 million
UFC on FOX 4 (Rua vs. Vera): 2.4 million