Spike TV once again aired a portion of a UFC fight card on its network prior to a major pay-per-view (PPV) broadcast, as fans were treated to one hour of uninterrupted mixed martial arts competition featuring Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders in a welterweight showdown (among others) on the UFC 106: “Ortiz vs. Griffin 2″ under card last Saturday night (Nov 21.).
Similar to UFC 103 in Sept. and then UFC 104 in Oct., which both attracted about 1.4 million viewers as the promotion began to test the idea along with its cable television partner, the UFC 106 featured prelim bouts aired commercial-free and garnered a 1.0 household rating for 1.3 million viewers…
