UFC Fight Night 71 on Saturday morning drew an average viewership of 508,000 with the prelims drawing 292,000 according to Nielsen sources.
Fight Night 71 featured Michael Bisping taking over Thales Leites. The event which started at 10am PT on FS1 drew 508,000 viewers. The prelims which preceded the event at 8am PT drew 292,000.
The prelims reflect a 6% increase over the two previous Saturday day fights on FS1. The main card delivered a 4% increase over the last two Saturday day cards. In the A18-49 demo, Saturday’s Fight Night 71 drew 275,000 viewers which was 3% more viewers than the prior two card average of 267,000.
| 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 |
| UFC Fight Night 70 (prelims on FS2) | 909,000 | 223,000 |
| UFC Fight Night 71 | 508,000 | 292,000 |
Payout Perspective:
In comparing the ratings for a UFC Fight Night during the day this year, UFC Fight Night 63 which aired during the morning/afternoon in the US drew 389,000 (main card) and 304,000 (prelims). UFC Fight Night 66 drew 575,000 (main card) and 292,000 (prelims). Thus, the ratings from Saturday were slightly above the last two cards held during the day on Saturday.
hahahhah poop!!! let the turd spinning begin!! bhahahah
This also goes to show how pathetic most mma fans are. Frank Mir is a former champ and amazing fighter, and kimbo does better numbers! Why would a promotion even waste their time with legit fighters? when all you need is clowns and tits and ass to get views and buys!!!! Some sport!!! bahahahaha
Hahahahahahahaha
Kimbo > UFC
Ahahahahaha
Jason, this event replayed later that evening. i’d like to know what those #s were to get a better indication of how this event did overall.
@B.W.
A rerun of the Prelims drew 28,000 on Sunday morning (7-9am ET).
I don’t have the info on the ratings on Saturday night but will try to obtain them.
This was Sat mornings Bisping/Thales show not Mir you dumb shit Sal, atleast get the cards right.
Great numbers for a FS1 Sat morning show.
Boxing smoked the UFCs ass on Saturday.
Twice.
Chavez Jrs fight on Showtime peaked at 707k, averaged 663k.
Boxing beats MMA in Saturday ratings battle.
An increase from the previous shows on Saturday during the day – not bad.
And it was the first event in Scotland – and a good one at that. The MMA expansion continues. Love it.
Hey Fuck dick it says ufc 71 not ufc 72 its till sucks!!!!
Sal and Greatest are dating 🙂
Anti trolls, get it straight, Saldaqueer and the Gayest are dating.
These morons are comparing big boxing stars like Chavez Jr. to a low level Bisping fight on FS1 which came in the afternoon. By the way, which one made more money? Bisping’s gate was 1.5m, what was Chavez Jr.? 200k?? HAHAHA!!!
you mean Bisping the ultimate fighter winner, the number one European ufc star? the guy that has gotten more ufc press worldwide? the guy the ufc uses across the pond as its spokesperson? the guy who was a household name from being on turf when it had great ratings and was watched by millions? D is a retard and can’t deal with the fact that a loser like Chavez beat out the ufc bahahahhahahahha shit numbers!!!
NUMBER ONE EUROPEAN STAR?????????????????????????????
McGregor just did a possible million buy ppv you fucking idiot.
Bisping won TUF almost a decade ago. Every time he fights someone good he gets his ass kicked.
Sal is a retard that is attempting to compare an afternoon show with a prime time show. What a mutant.
Bahahaha Mcgregor is a star as of last week fuck nerd .
You are retarded.
Thanks Jason.