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UFC on Fox 26 draws 1.78M viewers

December 17, 2017 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

UFC on Fox 26 drew 1.78 million viewers on Fox Saturday night according to Television By Numbers.  It is the second lowest rating ever for the UFC shows on Fox for its two-hour block on the network.

The ratings, via Television By Numbers, do not reflect the overrun from the main event of Robbie Lawler and Rafael dos Anjos.

The event drew a 0.6 share and a 3 rating In the A18-49 demo.  The ratings here are the same as those it drew in July for UFC on Fox 25.

UFC on Fox Ratings
Overnight Live + SD
UFC on Fox 1 5,700,000
UFC on Fox 2 4,570,000
UFC on Fox 3 2,250,000 2,400,000
UFC on Fox 4 2,360,000 2,400,000
UFC on Fox 5 3,410,000 4,400,000
UFC on Fox 6 3,770,000 4,220,000
UFC on Fox 7 3,300,000 3,700,000
UFC on Fox 8 2,040,000 2,380,000
UFC on Fox 9 2,410,000 2,800,000
UFC on Fox 10 2,550,000 3,220,000
UFC on Fox 11 1,990,000 2,500,000
UFC on Fox 12 2,020,000 2,500,000
UFC on Fox 13 2,270,000 2,800,000
UFC on Fox 14 2,820,000 3,049,000
UFC on Fox 15 2,430,000 2,745,000
UFC on Fox 16 2,290,000 2,800,000
UFC on Fox 17 2,280,000 2,781,000
UFC on Fox 18 2,430,000 2,685,000
UFC on Fox 19 2,130,000 2,500,000
UFC on Fox 20 2,440,000 2,975,000
UFC on Fox 21 2,200,000 1,983,000
UFC on Fox 22 2,690,000 3,178,000
UFC on Fox 23 2,020,000 2,189,000
UFC on Fox 24 1,740,000 1,996,000
UFC on Fox 25 1,640,000 2,046,000
UFC on Fox 26 1,780,000

Payout Perspective:

With the NFL airing on Saturday night opposite the UFC on Fox, and not a big-named event, it was clear that this could be one of the lowest-rated UFC on Fox ever.  It was the second-lowest with July’s event being the least-watched ever.  The event was the least-watched in terms of overall viewers in its  network time block Saturday night but had the highest rating among adults 18-49.  The inclusion of the overrun may get it to 2 million viewers for the overall telecast but we won’t know until later this week.

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