UFC Fight Night Columbus drew 677,000 viewers on Saturday night on ESPN per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims scored 593,000 viewers. UFC Fight Night Columbus featured heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Chris Daukaus in the main event. Blaydes stopped Daukaus in the second round. The main card drew 241,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The […]
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UFC 272 Prelims draw 1.526M viewers
The UFC 272 PPV Prelims drew 1.526M viewers on ESPN Saturday night. It also drew 845,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The prelims were aided by an overrun from the UNC-Duke game which drew nearly 3.98 million viewers. The prelims did not start on ESPN until 9:10pm, an hour and ten minutes later than the […]
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN (1/30) draws 539K
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew 539,000 viewers on Saturday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast drew 197,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and a 0.31 household rating. The telecast featured Robson Conceicao and Xavier Martinez in a battle of 130 pounders. Conceicao won via unanimous decision. In addition, Muhammad Ali’s grandson, Nico […]
PFL renews media deal with ESPN
Deadline reports that the Professional Fighters League deal with ESPN has been extended another year with an option for another. The 2022 PFL season will commence on ESPN in April with the promotion’s content airing on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+. Events will also run on ESPN Deportes and TSN. It appears that more PFL events/content […]
Top Rank Boxing draws 460K on ESPN Saturday
Top Rank Boxing scored 460,000 viewers on ESPN Saturday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast drew 150,000 viewers in A18-49. Top Rank Boxing followed the UFC on ESPN Saturday night. The event featured Joe Smith, Jr. defeating Steve Geffraud in a title defense of his Light Heavyweight Championship. Top Rank drew 0.12 in […]