Fedor vs. Rogers Main Event Draws 5.46 Million Viewers

By Ray Hui - Editor

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The final Nielsen ratings are in and 5.46 million viewers tuned in Saturday to watch Strikeforce and M-1 Global's main event between Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers from 11PM to 11:15PM ET on CBS, FanHouse has learned.

The numbers for the entire Saturday Night Fights broadcast, which included Jake Shields vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and Fabricio Werdum vs. Antonio Silva, earned the network a 2.5 rating for 4.042 million viewers from 9PM to 11:24PM ET.

While CBS still fell short to Fox and ABC, the channel was a big winner in the 18-34 demographic. Saturday Night Fights was the top program for both adults and men 18-34, beating out college football and was an improvement of 283% on CBS' season-to-date average on Saturday nights.

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