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UFC Fight Night 62 draws 617,000; Prelims on FS2 draw 280,000

March 24, 2015 by Jason Cruz 16 Comments

UFC Fight Night 62 drew an average viewership of 617,000 on Saturday night on FS1. In addition, the Prelims which aired on FS2 drew 280,000 according to Nielsen sources.

The main card which went slightly over its 3 hour window from 7:00pm-10:pm PT featured Demian Maia taking on Ryan LaFlare in the main event from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Maia won via unanimous decision. The prelims preceded the main card and aired on FS2 from 5:00pm-7:00pm PT.

UFC Fight Nights 2015
Main Card Prelims
UFC Fight Night 59 (FOX) 1,700,000 908,000
UFC Fight Night 60 913,000 775,000
UFC Fight Night 61 1,200,000 813,000
UFC Fight Night 62 617,000 280,000
 *UFC FN 62 Prelims on FS2

UFC Fight 62

Payout Perspective:
The ratings are the lowest for Fight Nights in 2015 although it may have been expected considering the card went opposite the NCAA Tournament on TNT and TBS. Moreover, the move of the Prelims to FS2 due to NASCAR was the key culprit in the lower ratings for the undercard. Of course, the lack of known fighters on the Prelims coupled with basketball was the other factor in the lower ratings.

Filed Under: FS1, ratings, TV, UFC

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  1. Chris says

    March 24, 2015 at 10:04 am

    UFC Fight NIght 59 wasnt on Fox and it did 2.7 mill not 1.7 million, it was the McGregor/Siver card.

    Reply
  2. JF says

    March 24, 2015 at 11:05 am

    Seriously, that card was so lame, I didn’t watch it either.

    Reply
  3. tops E says

    March 24, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    There goes the momentum of dw hype for this year…..but wait rousey on august hahahaha

    Reply
  4. saldathief says

    March 24, 2015 at 1:42 pm

    Its actually not that bad if you consider all aspects, also its so close to 2 big ppv and perim shows, so I really dont think they were expecting huge numbers. I cant even find FS2 on my tv lol

    Reply
  5. Pink Pig says

    March 24, 2015 at 4:45 pm

    LOL

    Reply
  6. Diego says

    March 24, 2015 at 5:03 pm

    There were prelims? Oops. It’s tough to track everything that’s going on.

    Reply
  7. saldathief says

    March 24, 2015 at 5:43 pm

    D is too busy googling nonsense and re reading all my old posts to find some misspelled words to try to make a meaningless point about something that doesn’t even make sense. OK so these numbers in reality are pure poop! and it was for free hahahahah 617k plus a 7 k door I will give them 625 total. here we are back to less then a million again.

    Reply
  8. FightBusiness says

    March 24, 2015 at 5:46 pm

    UFC Fight night numbers are average.

    Reply
  9. saldathief says

    March 24, 2015 at 5:48 pm

    bahahahah here is another thing that D said I was wrong about, but seems like I could be right once again, if it wasn’t for bullshit D wouldn’t be able to talk!! Funny how I’m always right about stuff before you can google it hahahahah D needs google, just challenge D to anything you can’t google and he is a useless retard moron!!
    Suck on this D
    http://mmajunkie.com/2015/03/video-ufc-189s-conor-mcgregor-jose-aldo-accuse-each-other-of-using-peds

    Reply
  10. Chris says

    March 24, 2015 at 6:32 pm

    Numbers are exactly what was expected for a Brazil card going against march madness, a card that lost its main event and its co main event twice and was headlined by a fight that was originally 4th fight down on the card.

    Reply
  11. d says

    March 24, 2015 at 6:46 pm

    Haha. I don’t even make a post and Sal goes on his incoherent retarded tirades. This fag is nuts and Arum’s got him work homo overdrive. Nothing he says is accurate, he lies, cherry picks stats and sometimes just straight up believes his delusions. He’s 0 for 4 in predictions this year for ufc ppvs and then when proven wrong he claims the numbers are false. He is a boxing paid troll who smells like shit and hasn’t bathed in years.

    Reply
  12. saldathief says

    March 24, 2015 at 7:14 pm

    D can’t make a post about anything on a show that did poop numbers hahah
    So here we go 4 months of ufc bullshit till 189, no one will care by the time it takes place! What a waste of time any money! Funny how all my numbers were correct last year and this year boxing will once again double, if not more then UFC ppv numbers. And I made 1 prediction this year and it was close enough. Here is a prediction, D gets fired by zuffa media and goes back to 7 eleven hahahah oh wait he has a great sports background to fall back on and he can coach athletes on how to cycle on and off steroids hahahahaha

    Reply
  13. d says

    March 24, 2015 at 7:57 pm

    Sal is 50 and he acts like a 12 year old autistic boy. Hahaha

    Reply
  14. saldathief says

    March 24, 2015 at 8:58 pm

    bahahahahaha
    http://www.mmamania.com/2015/3/24/8286227/video-watch-ufc-dana-white-react-losing-brock-lesnar-wwe-mma

    Reply
  15. Pink Pig says

    March 24, 2015 at 9:20 pm

    So they keep trying to bring back a heavyweight loser to draw fans?

    LOL

    Reply

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  1. Weak Ratings For UFC Fight Night, But Prelims Among FS2's Best says:
    March 25, 2015 at 11:59 am

    […] event’s main card drew 617,000 viewers to FOX Sports 1, per Nielsen sources. MMA Payout reports that the figure marks the lowest ratings for a UFC Fight Night in […]

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