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UFC on ESPN 1 attendance, gate and bonuses

February 17, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

UFC on ESPN 1 took place on Sunday night with the whole card airing on the main network.  The event took place at The Talking Stick Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. The Fight of the Night went to Vincente Luque and Bryan Barbaerena in a heavy-hitting welterweight matchup.  Luque outlasted Barbarena with seconds to spare in […]

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Top Rank Boxing on ESPN (2/10) draws 655,000 viewers

February 12, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The ESPN airing of Top Rank Boxing on Sunday night drew 655,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.   The event drew 233,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and drew a 0.44 share. The event featured Jose Ramirez taking on Jose Zepeda with Ramirez winning and retaining his junior welterweight title via majority decision. The […]

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UFC 234 Prelims score 1.339M viewers

February 12, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The prelims for UFC 234 on ESPN drew 1.339 million viewers per Nielson via ShowBuzz Daily.  The event drew 684,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. It was the UFC’s second event aired on ESPN as part of the new deal beginning at the start of the year.  The featured bout of the evening saw Devonte […]

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Strong ratings for UFC 234 Prelims on ESPN

February 10, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The UFC 234 preliminaries drew a strong 1.0 metered market rating on ESPN and ESPN Deportes according to ESPN PR.  The initial ratings reveal it being the second highest-rated PPV prelims on record. The UFC 234 PPV Prelims on ESPN and ESPN Deportes drew an average 1.0 meter market rating which is second to only […]

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ESPN + subs up to 2M thanks in part to UFC

February 6, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Disney CEO Bob Iger announced on Tuesday that ESPN+ has doubled its paid subscriptions from 5 months ago.  This is due in large part to the UFC debuting on the digital platform. ESPN+ launched in April 2018 for $4.99 per month.  The UFC debuted this past January with its first live event to rousing success.  […]

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