MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the UFC 178 Prelims airing on FS1 prior to the PPV scored a viewership of 698,000 viewers. It peaked at 774,000 viewers.
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)
UFC 175 1,000,000
UFC 177 436,000
UFC 178 698,000
Saturday’s prelims was a jump from UFC 177’s dismal ratings which were the lowest on FS1.
Payout Perspective:
The peaked occurred between 8:15-8:30pm. Notably, the last 20 minutes of the 2 hour prelims was essentially filler since Dominick Cruz took just 61 seconds to end Takeya Mizugaki. This may have contributed to the actual viewership as folks turned the channel after the Cruz fight. The 2014 UFC Prelim average is slightly over 726,000 viewers.
wow shit numbers and belator does better on the same night as far as peak views and all the fuck tards are commenting on a failed drug test that is basically unimportant, from a has been fighter. You idiots should be working at the white house bahahahah
Sal sucks Arum balls. He is a professional homosexual and a career retard. Everything he says is completely idiotic and anytime he makes some sort of claim, someone debunks his bullshit with indisputable facts and he runs away like the little pussy ass fag that he is.