UFC Fight Night 116 drew 872,000 viewers on FS1 Saturday night. The prelims drew 653,000 viewers via Nielsen per ShowBuzz Daily.
The 170-minute main card featured Luke Rockhold taking on David Branch. The former middleweight champion looked impressive in dominating Branch. It drew 0.32 in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen.
The 120-minute prelims which preceded the main card on FS1 Saturday night featured Olivier Aubin-Mercier has he defeated Tony Martin via split decision. It also featured 3 stoppages on the prelim card. It drew 0.23 in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen.
In addition, the post-fight show on FS1 which started at 12:50 am ET and lasted until 2:00 a.m. ET drew 361,000 viewers and 0.15 in the A18-49 demo. The pre fight show which started at 7:00pm ET drew 224,000 and 0.08 in the A18-49 demo.
Payout Perspective:
These are very good ratings considering a lot of combat sports fans were interested by the GGG-Canelo fight happening at about the same time. Also, college football is in full tilt and the ratings do not reflect a large drop-off from the competing events. The ratings on Saturday were the best since UFC Fight Night 110 in June.
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