The UFC 218 Prelims drew 694,000 viewers Saturday night on FS1 according to Nielsen.
According to ShowBuzz Daily, it drew 0.26 in A18-49 demo. The event fetured Charles Oliviera and Paul Felder. The Irish Dragon defeated DoBronx via tap to strikes.
The event also featured one of the fights of the year as Yancy Medeiros scored an upset victory over Cowboy Alex Oliveira.
UFC 218 took place at Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
Payout Perspective:
The Prelims rating is a usual indicator of how the PPV will do and based on this outcome, we might expect something in the mid-150s. The PPV Prelims did air against College Football Championship Saturday with the Big 10 and ACC Championship games on the same time. The good news for the UFC is that last December’s PPV later replayed on Fox on Christmas Eve and scored surprisingly good ratings. This was a good PPV card and if you throw in Cowboy-Yancy, it could do well on Fox again.
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