The Professional Fighters League playoffs this past Saturday on NBC Sports Network drew 144,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.
The 8th event this season took place in Washington, D.C. on Saturday with the winners heading to the New Year’s Eve Finals in New York for a chance at the $1 million price for each weight division. Saturday night’s event was highlighted by welterweight Ray Cooper as he won his welterweight semifinal matchup against Handesson Ferreira via first round TKO. Cooper will face Magomed MagomedKirmov who defeated Bojan Velickovic in the other semifinal on Saturday.
PFL 1: 116,000 viewers
PFL 2: 150,000 viewers
PFL 3: 146,000 viewers
PFL 4: 101,000 viewers
PFL 5: 112,000 viewers
PFL 6: 138,000 viewers
PFL 7: 136,000 viewers
PFL 8: 144,000 viewers
While they are not the biggest ratings, Saturdays numbers improve upon the first set of semifinals in Long Beach. The event went unopposed from Bellator or the UFC so this likely helped the bump in viewership.
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