UFC on Fox 18 Prelims drew 702,000 viewers on FS1 on Saturday night according to Sports TV Ratings. The event on Fox Sports 2 which preceded the Fox event improved over the 693,000 viewers on UFC on Fox 17 this past December. The showcase fight of the 3-hour prelim event saw Tarec Saffiedine defeat Jake […]
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Feb. 6th event becomes UFC Fight Night
The UFC announced on Wednesday that UFC 196 originally scheduled for PPV on Saturday, February 6th will now be called “UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson.” The full card will be shown on FS1 with the exception of the Fight Pass Exclusive prelims. The PPV was scrapped earlier in the week after both Cain Velasquez […]
UFC 196 moves to FS1
Yahoo! Sports reports that UFC 196 has been switched from PPV to an FS1 broadcast. After the main event of Cain Velasquez-Fabricio Werdum disintegrated when both fighters pulled out within 24 hours, the UFC made the move to scrap the PPV and move it to its broadcast partner. The FS1 main event will be a […]
UFC Fight Night 81 draws 2.288M viewers; Prelims post impressive 1.767M
UFC Fight Night 81 drew 2.288 million viewers on Sunday night (10-12:40 am EST) on FS1 via Sports TV Ratings. It was the highest-rated sports cable TV show airing on Sunday night. The Prelims, which preceded the main card on Sunday, drew a big 1.767 million viewers on FS1. UPDATED: Fight Night peak 2.464 million […]
UFC Fight Night 81 posts 1.4 rating
The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand reports that the overnight ratings have UFC Fight Night 81 on FS1 with a 1.4 rating which projects to be the second highest-rated UFC event ever on the network. The event, which is the second year in which it was held in Boston on a Sunday night featured a […]