The UFC 203 Prelims on FS1 this past Saturday drew 870,000 viewers according to Nielsen.
The event is up 31% from last Septembers prelim card on FS1. That card was headlined by Demetrious Johnson-John Dodson 2.
The UFC 203 Prelims featured Jessica Eye and Bethe Corriea in the last fight before the PPV. Corriea won via split decision.
The event drew 503,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo and peaked at 1.374M viewers in the last quarter of the show (9:45-10:00pm ET). Also notable is that the adult 18-49 demo was up 51% from last year’s UFC 191.
| UFC PPV Prelims | ||
| UFC 195 | 1,032,000 | |
| UFC 196 | 1,843,000 | |
| UFC 197 | 835,000 | |
| UFC 198 | 786,000 | |
| UFC 199 | 798,000 | |
| UFC 200 | 1,700,000 | |
| UFC 201 | 331,000 | |
| UFC 202 | 1,300,000 | |
| UFC 203 | 870,000 | |
Payout Perspective:
870,000 is a decent number compared to the other prelim events this past year especially when you consider that it went up against a lot of college football and the event, aside from the debut of CM Punk, did not hold a lot of casual viewer interest unless you are into heavyweight fighters.
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