MMA Payout has learned that the season finale of TUF last Wednesday received 586,000 viewers which was the third highest in the season. Overall, the season average was 477,000 viewers. Payout Perspective: We will be trying to obtain the DVR number to round out the graph. Unfortunately for UFC fans, this was one of the […]
Report: UFC 174 lowest buy rate since 2005
MMA Fighting reports that last month’s UFC 174 from Vancouver received a lowly PPV buy rate between 95,000 to 115,000 buys. The buy rate is the lowest Yahoo! Sports reported that the show featuring Demetrious Johnson and Ali Baugitinov received 125,000 PPV buys. Regardless, the PPV buy rate is the lowest in the “modern era” […]
UFC 175: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 175 which was the centerpiece for International Fight Week. The main event from the Mandalay Bay in Vegas had Chris Weidman defending his middleweight title against Lyoto Machida. Weidman defends belt against Machida It was a tough title defense, but […]
TUF 19 Finale: 1M viewers; TUF 19 Prelims: 774K viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that Sunday night’s TUF 19 Finale on FS1 hit an average of 1 million viewers. In addition, the TUF Finale Prelims which preceded the Finale scored 774,000 viewers in the 7-9pm ET slot. The fights Sunday night on FS1 were lower than the previous TUF 18 Finale in […]