UFC on Fox 26 drew 1.78 million viewers on Fox Saturday night according to Television By Numbers. It is the second lowest rating ever for the UFC shows on Fox for its two-hour block on the network. The ratings, via Television By Numbers, do not reflect the overrun from the main event of Robbie Lawler […]
Search Results for: ufc fox 10
UPDATED: UFC Fresno ratings: main card peaks at start of telecast
Updated ratings information from UFC Fight Night Fresno on FS1 Saturday night show that the card peaked at 1,037,000 viewers from 10:15-10:30pm ET according to Nielsen. The prelims peaked at 826,000 viewers on FS1 Saturday night during the last quarter hour, 9:45pm-10pm ET according to Nielsen. From our original post: UFC Fight Night 123 drew […]
UFC 218 Prelims draw 694,000 viewers on FS1
The UFC 218 Prelims drew 694,000 viewers Saturday night on FS1 according to Nielsen. According to ShowBuzz Daily, it drew 0.26 in A18-49 demo. The event fetured Charles Oliviera and Paul Felder. The Irish Dragon defeated DoBronx via tap to strikes. The event also featured one of the fights of the year as Yancy Medeiros […]
Report: Fox offer in $200M range for UFC media rights
John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reports that Fox has made an initial offer to the UFC in the $200 million range. This is far less than the predicted $450 million forecasted by the previous UFC regime. The offer was also confirmed by Darren Rovell. In its pitch to potential buyers, the UFC stated […]
As of now, no takers for UFC’s new media right deal
The Sports Business Journal reports the UFC’s current state of negotiating a new media rights package once its deal with FOX is up. Currently, the new asking price of $450M per year is a stiff increase that is not garnering a lot of interest at this point. The current deal with FOX is worth $120 […]