The Christmas Eve replay of UFC 218 drew 357,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event featured the main card of the PPV event earlier this month.
Last year’s Christmas Eve replay on Fox drew astounding 4.72 million viewers. This year, the special presentation aired on FS1 despite the fact that the NFL games on Sunday may have brought the replay similar ratings to last year.
However, the 90-minute presentation on FS1 drew 0.13 in the A18-49 demo in addition to the 357,000 viewers. The telecast featured Max Holloway’s domination of Jose Aldo as well as Francis Ngannou’s KO of Alistair Overeem.
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Maybe it was because it was Sunday night and on FS1 that we saw a large decrease over last year’s surprising ratings for the December replay. It would be nice to see this Christmas Eve replay to return to the Fox network although we have seen one of the worst years for the UFC on Fox in terms of ratings.
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