The Ultimate Fighter 21 episode 9 drew 332,000 viewers on Wednesday night per Sports TV Ratings. The first showing of the episode on FS1 was down 22% from episode 8.
Notably, a same-day replay on FS1 at 10:00pm PT (1:00am ET) drew another 72,000 viewers.
In the fight of the episode, Kamaru Usman of the Blackzilians earned a unanimous decision of ATT’s Steve Carl. Usman now has a chance to fight in the finale July 12.
| TUF 21 Ratings | |||
| Live + SD | Live +3 | Increase | |
| Episode 1 | 490,000 | 704,000 | 214,000 |
| Episode 2 | 454,000 | 646,000 | 192,000 |
| Episode 3 | 364,000 | 524,000 | 160,000 |
| Episode 4 | 286,000 | 415,000 | 129,000 |
| Episode 5 | 340,000 | 512,000 | 172,000 |
| Episode 6 | 350,000 | 586,000 | 236,000 |
| Episode 7 | 371,000 | 625,000 | 254,000 |
| Episode 8 | 425,000 | 566,000 | 141,000 |
| Episode 9 | 332,000 | ||
Also of note, the DVR + 3 ratings from Episode 8 drew it up to 566,000 viewership reflecting an increase of 141,000 viewers which is way below the average increase (191,000) from live to DVR.
Payout Perspective:
Notably, it’s the first episode where TUF did not have to worry about NBA or NHL playoffs as both are over. Yet, TUF lost ground in ratings. Live viewership is averaging approximately 380,000 viewers.
UGLY
these numbers make no sense!
Boy talk about a slope, they need to end this show already
Yawn
Sampson using 2 aliases.
By the way, the PBC with Lara from last week literally had lower viewership than every Bellator since they began on Spike. Talk about something that should be ending.