To clean up the past couple of weeks, MMA Payout has obtained the ratings from the past two weeks from PBC events.
This past weekend’s PBC Prelims on FS1 averaged a combined 479,579 from FS1, Fox Deportes and Fox Sports streaming services. The FS1 telecast averaged 421,000. According to Fox, it was FS1’s 2nd most-watched boxing telecast. It was 66% better than the previous PBC Prelim card on the network on 3/9/19 (PBC on Fox) which drew 259,000. The peak for the PBC Prelims on FS1 this past Saturday was 453,000 viewers during between 8:30-8:45pm.
The Fs1 Prefight Show which aired prior to the PPV drew 404,000 viewers. PBC Fight Camp on Fox drew 402,000 viewers.
The PPV fight between Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia drew an estimated 360,000 buys according to Kevin Iole’s report on March 21st.
March 9th’s PBC on Fox drew 1.628 million viewers on Saturday night. The event peaked with 2.197 million viewers. The main event saw Shawn Porter retain his welterweight title via split decision over Yordenis Ugas. The telecast bested last month’s event which drew 1.377 million viewers.
Per Fox, the average viewership for each fight is as follows:
- Efe Ajagba vs Amir Mansour- 1.282 million viewers
- Abel Ramos vs Francisco Santana- 1.415 million viewers
- Shawn Porter vs Yordenis Ugas- 2.142 million viewers
The Prelims last week drew 252,000 viewers.
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