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UFC Fight Night: 609K, Prelims 311K

July 14, 2016 by Jason Cruz 19 Comments

UFC Fight Night 91 drew 609,000 viewers on Wednesday night according to Nielsen. The event airing from 6pm to 8:43pm PT was the highest-rated sports event on cable television per Sports TV Ratings. However, it was the lowest-rated Fight Night this year. The event which featured Jon Lineker taking out Michael MacDonald drew 298,000 viewers […]

TUF 23 Episode 12 draws biggest ratings of season

July 14, 2016 by Jason Cruz 1 Comment

The Ultimate Fighter 23 Episode 12 drew the highest rated episode of the season. It drew 601,000 (354,000 in the adult 18-49 demo) in overnight ratings and then increased to 798,000 viewers in adjusted DVR ratings. The final episode of the season set up the fights we saw last Friday at the TUF 23 Finale […]

UFC 200 Prelims draws 1.7M viewers

July 12, 2016 by Jason Cruz 12 Comments

The UFC 200 Prelims on FS1 drew one of its top ratings for the prelims on the network with 1.786M viewers Saturday night per Sports TV Ratings. The ratings drew well despite starting off on FS2 due to baseball. The Prelims on FS1 aired from 5:31pm to 7:00pm PT due to the MLB game preceding […]

UFC 200: Payout Perspective – Part 1 of 2

July 11, 2016 by Jason Cruz 4 Comments

Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 200 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Nunes upsets Tate to win women’s title If I were to tell you at the start of the year that the main event for July’s UFC 200 would be Amanda Nunes […]

TUF 23 Finale posts 1.086 million viewers

July 11, 2016 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The Ultimate Fighter Finale on FS1 Friday night drew 1.086 million viewers according to Sports TV Ratings. It was the highest-rated sports cable TV programming on Friday. The main card aired from 10:00pm-1:22am ET and drew 657,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. The main event featured Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha. Joanna Champion dominated […]