MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 60 drew an average viewership of 913,000 viewers. The Prelims which aired prior to the event on FS1 drew 775,000 viewers.
In the main event, Benson Henderson submitted Brandon Thatch in Henderson’s first fight at welterweight. The Prelims aired from 5:00pm PT to 8:00pm PT and the main card was immediately after with about 20 minutes of overrun. Approximately 8:00pm PT to 10:20pm PT. Obviously, a late card for those on the east coast.
It was nowhere near the overnight rating of 1.7 million viewers that saw UFC Fight Night 59 when the promotion pulled out all of the stops for Conor McGregor as he headlined the show in Boston last month. That event ended up with 2.7 million viewers. But, Saturday’s event was slightly lower than UFC Fight Night 58 in December which featured Lyoto Machida and C.B. Dolloway in Brazil of 966,000.
The Prelims were off from UFC Fight Night 59 Prelims which drew 908,000. However, Saturday’s Prelims did do much better than the 608,000 for UFC Fight Night 58.
Payout Perspective:
It’s likely that the NBA All Star Saturday Night may have drawn away some viewers for the Prelims. But, the main card largely went unopposed in terms of sports competing with it. Aside from the former UFC lightweight champion in the main event, the card did not have a lot of big names. Still, the main card rating was above the 2014 Fight Night main card average of 819,000.
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