The Ultimate Fighter episode 7 drew the highest ratings of its season with 275,000 viewers on FS1 Wednesday night.
There was no fight on the telecast as Team Cormier’s Richie Smullen suffered a leg cramp and could not fight Team Miocic’s Allan Zuniga. He was forced to withdraw and give Zuniga the win by DQ. More bad news for Team Cormier in this episode as Ricky Steele was forced to withdraw from the tournament after he was diagnosed with concussion-like symptoms.
The telecast drew 0.10 in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.
Payout Perspective:
275,000 viewers doesn’t seem like a huge audience, but it is for this season. Last spring’s TUF 25 drew 372,000 viewers and TUF 26 scored 316,000 viewers. As you can tell, the live +SD ratings are gradually decreasing.
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