ESPN is reporting that the UFC 235 Prelims averaged a 1.0 metered market rating. Despite starting 15 minutes late due to a college basketball overrun, the telecast marked the fourth consecutive highest-rated UFC telecast on cable since 2017. The telecast featured Zabit Magomedsharipov and Jeremy Stephens with the Russian star winning the fight via unanimous […]
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PBC on FS1 Saturday night draws 291K viewers
PBC on FS1 Saturday night drew 291,000 viewers. The event featured Anthony Dirrell and Avni Yildirim with Dirrell pulling out the technical decision. The event took place at the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The event peaked with 366,000 viewers during the co-feature of Jamal James and Janel Gonzales. The telecast took place late on […]
Bellator 217 draws 349,000 on Paramount
Bellator 217 took place this past Saturday night and drew 349,000 viewers via Nielson per ShowBuzz Daily. The card took place in Ireland and featured James Gallagher as he defeated Steven Graham. The event took place at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland and drew 13,150 for a gate of $1.2 million. The event aired on […]
ESPN and PFL enter into multi-year deal to air on network and ESPN+
ESPN and The Professional Fighters League (PF) have reached a multi-year deal with the network making it the home of the promotion. It will now become stablemates with the UFC on the network as it begins its second season of the PFL format in May. ESPN and ESPN+ will become the exclusive media home for […]
UFC Fight Night 1 on ESPN draws 1.463M viewers, Prelims 988,000
UFC Fight Night 1 on ESPN Sunday night drew 1.463 million viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims which preceded the main card drew 988,000 viewers. It was the first event for the promotion with its new network partner as the prelims and main card were aired on ESPN. The telecasts went up against […]