MMA Payout has learned that UFC 173 Prelims received a rating of 697,000 viewers. The prelims on Saturday saw a 7% decrease in viewership from April’s UFC 172.
UFC PPV Prelims on FS1 or FS2
UFC 164 809,000
UFC 165 722,000
UFC 166 628,000
UFC 167 998,000
UFC 168 1,554,000
UFC 169 933,000
UFC 170 936,000
UFC 171 305,000 (FS2)
UFC 172 750,000
UFC 173 697,000
The featured fight was Michael Chiesa defeating Francisco Trinaldo.
Payout Perspective:
The prelims went up against a lot of sports on Saturday night including the NBA and NHL playoffs as well as an MLB game on Fox. The competing sports programming and Memorial Day weekend probably contributed to the lower ratings although it was not far off of UFC 172.
at this rate fox is paying the UFC roughly 70 bucks a viewer for this week omg pathetic deal for FOX! and UFC PPv numbers in the toilet since the Fox deal oh boy
I’m sure Fox has a cancellation policy I would hit the dump button on this deal so far. They cant even get Nick Diaz to fight lol
According to Nielsen, the fight with Fonfara drew an average audience of 672,000 viewers for the live, first-time airing on
Showtime (while the entire tripleheader telecast averaged 476,000 viewers).
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