MMA Payout has learned that the UFC 174 Prelims on FX received an average viewership of 784,000 viewers. Saturday’s prelims aired on FX due to conflicts on FS1 and FS2.
Saturday’s prelims featured Kiichi Kunimoto and Daniel Safarian in the last match before the start of the PPV. Kunimoto pulled off the upset here and also received a Performance of the Night Bonus. The 2 hour broadcast also aired the Fight of the Night featuring Tae Hyun Bang and Kajan Johnson.
UFC PPV Prelims since August 2013 (FS1 unless specified)
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
UFC 174 784,000 (FX)
Payout Perspective:
The ratings on Saturday were the best of the past 4 prelim airings which is somewhat of a surprise considering it went up against the first weekend of World Cup soccer. The card had no real known names so the 784,000 on a channel that is not its normal airing spot may be a good rating with all things considered.
Pretty impressive considering the low profile card.
I doubt any UFC fan even knows what soccer is or that there is something called the World Cup! Decent numbers, lets see what the ppv is and if any of it carries over. That’s what the prelims are for, to get fans to buy the PPV its a free sample nothing more nothing less.
I was actually surprised with the rating. Being that it was on FX with just some notice but the fact it did 784K means fans actually made an effort to find these prelims.
In comparison UFC Fight Night Prelims on FS1 on June 7th: 812K viewers Live Same Day and grew to 902K in DVR +3 ratings.
Didn’t FX always do better than FS1? It’s a better known network. I’m glad they are putting programs back on FX.
whats the DEMO?!?!?!
and no brian this was just because of scheduling conflicts
this might happen a few more times but dont expect any sort of regularity
What the freak is the UFC doing? Programing on a new network? Why are they confusing the crap out of people? Stop the overstaturation and channel hopping.
FightBusiness stop the trolling and go where you belong- the boxing blogs.
UFC lost a lot of fans when they switched to the fuel tv bullshit They have never recovered. Should have stayed with spike
Saldaqueef, you are a dummy. Spiketv didn’t pay them 100m per year. Hahaha.
Get Arum’s nuts out of your mouth.
Saldaqueef, you are a dummy. Spiketv didn’t pay them 100m per year. Hahaha.
Get Arum’s nuts out of your mouth.
DaQueef is too stupid to realize Spike didn’t pay them 100m per year like FOX is. Idiot.