Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #19

In last week June 1 episode on SpikeTV with Matt Hamill clearly being the focus of the show where he won his fight against Mike Nickels raked in a rating that surpassed the much touted and hyped NBA Game 5 of Mavs/Suns and NHL Game 7 of Sabres/Hurricanes on Thursday, June 1 from 10 - 11 PM ET/PT on the number of viewers.

NEW YORK, NY, June 5, 2006 – The Ultimate Fighter 3 on Spike TV continues to dominate Thursdays nights with the hard-to-reach Men 18-34 demographic. Despite the much hyped pivotal Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference Finals on TNT and Game 7 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals on OLN, episode #9 of The Ultimate Fighter ®drew 903,000 M18-34 compared to TNT’s 858,000 and OLN’s 52,000 head-to-head from 10:00-11:00pm ET/PT on Thursday, June 1.

Despite Matt Hamill being out of the show due to injuries sustained during practice prior to his fight with Mike Nickels of which Matt won handidly basically with one good arm, it is without a doubt that Matt's presence during the TUF3 SpikeTV show has helped keep the tv audience intrigued and kept the ratings high enough beating out an NBA Western conference final!

The live finale of Season 3 of The Ultimate Fighter is Saturday, June 24 at 9:00pm ET/PT. There are three more TUF3 shows with the last one being live.

SpikeTV schedule:
Thursday, June 15th @ 10:00pm-Episode 11
Saturday, June 17th @ 10:00pm-Episode 11
Monday, June 19th @ 11:00pm-Episode 11

Thursday, June 22nd @ 10:00pm-Episode 12
Friday, June 23rd @ 9:00pm-Episode 12

Saturday, June 24th @ 9:00am-9:00 pm- Marathon
Saturday, June 24th @ 9:00pm - LIVE

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