UFC Fight Night 94 held on Saturday night drew 826,000 for the main card on FS1 according to Sports TV Ratings. The prelims drew 637,000 viewers and the post-coverage drew another 280,000 viewers.
The prelims were delayed slightly due to an overrun from an extra innings baseball game on FS1.
The main card peaked at 905,000 viewers between 11:30pm-11:45pm ET according to Nielsen.
The main card drew 439,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo and the prelims drew 334,000 viewers in the demo. The post-fight show garnered 137,000 in the demo.
The main card featured Michael Johnson taking on Dustin Poirier. Johnson scored a KO victory in the first round.
UFC Fight Night 2016 | ||||
Main Card | Prelims | |||
UFC Fight Night 81 | 2,288,000 | 1,767,000 | ||
UFC Fight Night 82 | 1,300,000 | 1,093,000 | ||
UFC Fight Night 83 | 983,000 | 829,000 | ||
UFC Fight Night 85 | 1,149,000 | 766,000 | ||
UFC Fight Night 86 | 781,000 | 443,000 | ||
UFC Fight Night 87 | 656,000 | 494,000 | ||
UFC Fight Night 88 | 757,000 | 469,000 | ||
UFC Fight Night 89 | 964,000 | 369,000 | ||
UFC Fight Night 91 | 609,000 | 311,000 | ||
UFC Fight Night 92 | 863,000 | 662,000 | ||
Payout Perspective:
College Football ruled the night as it usually does during the fall. There was also the PPV event with Canelo Alvarez on during the night as well. The ratings for these types of events are pretty good considering the abundance of other things you can do on a Saturday night.
MMA Numbers says
UFC 205 has another fighter pull out…
http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/9/21/13001276/gian-villante-vs-marcos-rogerio-de-lima-off-ufc-205
Wil says
cant argue with the results particularly with all those other options. The UFC die hard fans are brand fans and they are loyal