MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 68 drew 950,000 viewers for the main card from 7:00pm-9:33pm PT on Fox Sports 1. The UFC Fight Night 68 Prelims (5:00pm-7:00pm PT) which preceded the main card drew an average of 782,000 viewers.
The prelims featured two heavyweights as Shawn Jordan stopped Derrick Lewis. The average viewership for the prelims was up in the adult 18-49 category to 453,000 viewers (versus 304,000 viewers).
The main card featured Dan Henderson taking on Tim Boetsch with Henderson winning via KO. The main card was above average for ratings as it was up 11% overall and up 10% in the adult 18-49 demo. The adult 18-49 viewership on Saturday averaged 579,000 viewers (vs the average of 528,000).
| 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 Fight Night 63 | 389,000 | 304,000 | |
| UFC Fight Night 66 | 575,000 | 286,000 | |
| UFC Fight Night 67 | 813,000 | 713,000 | |
| UFC Fight Night 68 | 950,000 | 782,000 | |
Payout Perspective:
Despite a busy sports day on NBC as well as HBO Boxing Saturday night, FS1 did above average for its UFC live events. A part of this was aided by the start of the women’s World Cup as it preceded the fights on FS1. The ratings show a nice increase over the past several Fight Night events.
Cant even break a million anymore!
HBO boxing sat does 1.5 million out does UFC, wso and glory combined. Goes to show where the strength and money is.
This shows that who’s fighting matters a lot for ratings, I think.
The UFC and MMA in general should trim the cards down a bit and focus on their top talent and pay them like the prize fighters that they are
This was a good rating for a weak headliner. Henderson was coming off of 2 ko losses and Boetsch is not even close to headlining material.
To the retard known as Sal, HBO had Miguel Cotto headlining, one of their biggest stars. This also probably beat the PBC show with Guerrero on NBC.
Goes to show how big of an idiot you are.
Joe, I want to get this straight, you are saying the fighters from that card were underpaid?
Please explain how.
Do you have any idea about the cost of a show like this? How much the tv rights fees are? What the overhead is?
You are very misinformed.
More lame excuses bahahaha D is running out of time and excuses how pathetic
Sal…..foaming at the mouth again.
Maybe the UFC can find another cash cow to support the sport because the fans sure aren’t bahahah
Well, we know Haymon won’t find another cash cow like Mayweather to keep the sport afloat! HAHAHAHAHA!!
So BOTH the Guerrero and Cotto fights broke 1.5 million viewers?
WOW.
Poor UFC LOLz
Excellent number for this card.
Shame about PBC though, going down the shitter.
Khan cant even do a mill average, doing Bellator numbers.
last two NBC shows doing 1.5 mill, UFC on Fox has never done under 2.5 mill.
Ouch. Wait thats fair game to compare them right? Cause Sal compares NBC in primetime to FS1 UFC cards in morning.
So you can compare afternoon NBC cards to Primetime Fox cards then. PBC flopping. They arent gonna be around long with their huge purses and shit ratings.
HBO boxing is where its at.
For 5th time UFC FN 59 was on FS1 not Fox and did 2.7 million viewers not 1.7 million.
WOuld be nice if you posted accurate information.
Sampson, 1.5m on NBC is so shameful and embarrassing. Anyone defending that number has no clue. PBC…..going down in flames!
pink ping- i’m trying to find the guerrero nbc viwership numbers on nbc. you said 1.5 million can you link the article so i can see it?. thanks
Haha. Fagbusiness finally realizing the numbers were shit.
Lets compare, Cotto on HBO, that’s a paid network ,it out did UFC, wso and glory combined ! wow what a night of boxing, and well lets just say mma has had better years, days, months. Maybe we can compare ppv again at the end of 2015? maybe Rousey will do another big fight bahahahahahahahah As I remember boxing doubled the ufc in 2014 a long way away from 2012. You guys can try to bullshit yourselves all you want. We are watching the UFC go down the toilet. And all you fuck tards have is to poo poo pbc, how pathetic.
Sal is insane and continues to rant incoherently like the mental patient he is.
Decent ratings for an OK card… And during airtime UFC doesn’t have to pay for.
Nice steady increase over the past few events, also.