The night’s main event, which featured Silva’s light-heavyweight debut and a first-round TKO of James Irvin, drew a peak audience of 3.8 million viewers.

Spike TV today announced the ratings for the event, which took place at The Palms Las Vegas.

According to near-official figures, Saturday’s three-hour Spike TV broadcast outdrew every other channel—both network television and cable stations—with men ages 18-34 (903,000), men 18-49 (1,550,000), men 25-34 (622,000), and persons 18-34 (1,326,000).

Saturday’s event, a late booking put together to counter Affliction Entertainment’s debut event, also featured notables such as Brandon Vera, Hermes Franca, Frankie Edgar, Anthony Johnson and C.B. Dollaway.

As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported, the two highest-rated events in UFC-Spike TV history are UFC 75 and UFC Final Chapter: Ortiz vs. Shamrock III. Each event peaked with approximately 5.9 million viewers.

The highest-rated MMA event on U.S. television—including network and cable TV—was the May 31 “EliteXC: PRIMETIME” event on CBS. The nation’s first-ever live MMA event on U.S. network TV peaked with more than 6.5 million viewers.

(mmajunkie.com) 

This past Saturday’s “Affliction: Banned” event drew a total attendance of 14,832—a small increase from the night’s announced attendance of 13,988 — for a live gate of $2,085,510.

The numbers, certified by the California State Athletic Commission, were today sent to media members, including MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

The debut event for Affliction Entertainment took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Part of the card aired on FSN before switching to pay per view.

Of the 14,832 total tickets, 11,242 were sold, and 3,590 were complimentary and given away.

Although initially announced as a sold-out event, the CSAC reports that 15,572 tickets were available, and 740 went unsold/unused. The majority of those “deadwood” tickets were from the $200 (352 tickets) and $100 (248)sections.

Among the event’s 3,590 complimentary tickets, most were for the cheapear seating areas, including the $150 (1,079), $100 (822) and $50 (652) sections. Ticket prices ranged from $45 to $1,000.

So how do Affliction’s total attendance (14,832), paid attendance (11,242) and live gate ($2,085,510) figures stack up to the competition?

Here are how three recent UFC events at the Honda Center fared:

• UFC 76: 13,770 tickets (11,817 paid) for a $1,985,000 gate
• UFC 63: 12,604 tickets (9,343 paid) for a $1,582,370 gate
• UFC 59: 13,814 tickets (13,060 paid) for a $2,191,450 gate