UFC Fight Night Austin drew 716,000 viewers on Saturday nigh ton ESPN per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims drew 282,000 viewers on ESPN2.
The telecast featured Josh Emmett and Calvin Kattar in a Fight of the Night feature fight. The telecast drew 283,000 in the A18-49 and a household rating of 0.37. The prelims A18-49 demo drew 140,000 and a 0.18 rating on ESPN2.
UFC Fight Night on ESPN drew 0.22 in the A18-49, 0.11 F18-49, 0.32 in M18-49, 0.12 A1-34, 0.06 F12-34, 0.17 M12-34 0.27 A25-54, and 0.32 in the over 50 category. It finished second in cable ratings on Saturday to Top Rank Banking on ESPN. The prelims on ESPN2 drew 0.11 in the A18-49 demo, 0.04 in F18-49, 0.18 in M18-49, 0.04 in A18-34, 0.01 in F12-34, 0.06 in M12-34, 0.13 in A25-54 and 0.11 in over 50.
The prelims finished 17th overall in the cable ratings on Saturday night.
Payout Perspective:
UFC Fight Night Austin put up nice ratings on Saturday night and served as a lead-in to Top Rank Boxing which was first overall in cable ratings. The prelims ratings may seem low but it was on ESPN2 and opposite the College World Series on ESPN. Prelims also started 21 minutes late due to overrun.
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