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UFC on ESPN 4 draws 957,000 viewers, Prelims 548,000

July 23, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

UFC on ESPN 4 drew 957,000 viewers Saturday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.  The event featured Rafael dos Anjos and Leon Edwards.

The event drew 481,000 viewers in the A18-49 category and an overall share of 0.60 for the 2 hour show.

The 3-hour Prelims which preceded the event on ESPN drew 548,000 viewers and 260,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo.  It drew an overall share of 0.35.  The prelims featured Raquel Pennington as she defeated Irene Aldana via split decision.

The event took place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.

UFC on ESPN ratings

UFC on ESPN 1: 1.463M viewers, prelims 988,000

UFC on ESPN 2: 828,000 viewers, prelims 480,00

UFC on ESPN 3: 1,091M viewers, prelims 543,000

UFC on ESPN 4:  957,000 viewers, prelims 548,000

Payout Perspective:

The ratings are good considering there was some competition with PBC Boxing on Fox which aired to promote the Pacquiao-Thurman PPV later that night.  The prelims were the second highest out of the 4 UFC on ESPN events.

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