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 […]
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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 […]
2015: The year in Boxing
2015 was a big year for boxing. It featured the start of a new organization, a return to network television, litigation (of course), controversy and the long-awaited fight people waited years to see. Mayweather-Pacquiao was the dream matchup that came several years too late. Still, the fight reaped the rewards due the brand names of its […]
UFC 195 Prelims draw 1.032M viewers
The UFC 195 Prelims drew an average viewership of 1.032M on FS1 Saturday afternoon per Sports TV Ratings. The rating narrowly bests last year’s New Year’s PPV from UFC 182. The fight of the prelims featured the return of Michael McDonald as the bantamweight submitted Masanori Kanehara. The event aired from 8-10pm ET on FS1. […]
“Breakfast with Fedor” on Spike TV draws 141,000 viewers
Last week’s “Breakfast with Fedor” on Spike TV drew an average of 141,000 viewers from 10:00am ET-12:48pm ET on Thursday, December 31st. The event featured MMA fights from the Rizin promotion held in Japan. UPDATED: Per Nielsen source, peak viewership at 271,000. The event featured Fedor Emelianenko’s return to MMA where he soundly defeated Singh […]