Final regular episode of The Ultimate Fighter 13 brings 1.2 million viewers to Spike TV

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The final pre-taped episode of The Ultimate Fighter's 13th season brought ratings back up to the season average, as Wednesday's episode brought in 1.2 million viewers to Spike TV.

Spike TV emailed ratings figures for the episode to MMATorch on Thursday afternoon.

The final episode, which saw Team Lesnar fighter Tony Ferguson defeat his teammate Chuck O'Neil and Team Dos Santos fighter Ramsey Nejim defeat Chris Cope in the semifinals, brought in a household rating of .9.

In their key demographics, the show drew a 1.14 in men 18-49 and a 1.2 in men 18-34. The 1.2 million viewers was a mark hit a number of times this season on the show, and was up from last week's season-low-tying 1 million.

Penick's Analysis: There was a lot less competition in those demos from other programming this week, so it's not surprising to see the numbers slightly tick back up. No one was expecting any more for this final episode, as the entire season has been underwhelming in terms of viewers. But overall, the season itself wasn't terrible, and featured some good fights. Unfortunately, without any real breakout personalities or fighters, and no coaches fight at the end of the day, this will be a season to forget for the UFC.

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