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WSOF 26 draws 162,000 viewers

December 21, 2015 by Jason Cruz 2 Comments

The World Series of Fighting drew an average viewership of 162,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network on Friday night per Sports TV Ratings.  The event improved by 16% from last month’s show.

WSOF 26 featured Alexandre Almeida defeating Lance Palmer and taking the WSOF featherweight title from Palmer.  The event took place at The Chelsea at The Cosmpolitan of Las Vegas.  It was the third MMA event at the venue this month.

WSOF Ratings 2015 through 26

WSOF Ratings 2015
WSOF 17 222,000
WSOF 18 209,000
WSOF 19 216,000
WSOF 20 128,000
WSOF 21 203,000
WSOF 22 254,000
WSOF 23 184,000
WSOF 24 167,000
WSOF 25 148,000
WSOF 26 162,000

Payout Perspective:

The ratings bring a close to WSOF events for the year in which it averaged 189,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network.  The ratings are down from last year as WSOF events average approximately 232,000 viewers (not including the network event in July 2014).

Filed Under: NBC Sports Network, ratings, TV, World Series of Fighting

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  1. Panama says

    December 22, 2015 at 8:08 am

    Since WSOF doesn’t do good at all in the average ratings (especially compared to the UFC and Bellator), how long can they survive? I can speak for myself, I’m a hardcore MMA fan and I can really care less what WSOF is doing. I have a hard time watching their brand of MMA honestly.

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  2. Diego says

    December 22, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    Panama,

    I completely agree. It’s not that the shows are bad, some have been OK, but it’s hard to keep track of, and I simply forget that they are on.

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