MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Episode 4 of The Ultimate Fighter last week drew 845,000 viewers in adjusted viewership including DVR+3 data. It’s the second best increase from Live+SD rating this season. The DVR numbers were a great increase from TUF 21 this past spring as it more than doubled last […]
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HBO, Showtime boxing events produce uninspired ratings
Dan Rafael of ESPN reports that Saturday night’s boxing events on HBO and Showtime were down based on ratings from Nielsen Media Research. HBO’s event drew an overall average of 663,000 subscribers for the live event. Showtime’s event, which aired at about the same time as HBO’s event drew an overall average of 400,000 subscribers. […]
UFC 192 Prelims draw 749,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Saturday night’s UFC 192 Prelims drew an average of 749,000 viewers with a peak of 883,000. It represents a 12% increase from UFC 191. The feature of the prelims was Yair Rodriguez defeating Daniel Hooker. It also included several other entertaining fights including Sage Northcutt’s fight […]
TUF 22 Episode 4: 538,000 viewers
The fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter drew an average viewership of 538,000. The average is up from the past two editions of TUF. Last spring’s TUF 21 drew just 286,000 viewers and was slightly up from TUF 20 last fall of 515,000 per a Nielsen source. In the fight of the show, Team McGregor […]
UFC Fight Night 75: 841,000 viewers; prelims 270,000
UFC Fight Night 75 drew an average viewership of 841,000 863,000 viewers on Saturday night on FS1 via Sports TV Ratings. The rating reflects a slight increase from Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 74 from Saskatoon. In addition, the prelims drew 270,000 viewers. UPDATED: TV By Numbers notes that UFC Fight Night 75 drew 841K viewers. The 841,000 […]