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College football leads to UFC Argentina prelims ratings beating main card numbers

A major college football game with Michigan vs. Indiana led to an unusual situation on Saturday where the prelims for UFC Argentina drew more viewers than the main card.

The UFC Argentina preliminary card, headlined by Michel Prazeres’ first-round submission win over Bartosz Fabinski, drew 707,000 viewers, the best number for prelims on FOX Sports 1 since the first FS1 show of 2018.

The main card from Buenos Aries, Argentina, headlined by Santiago Ponzinibbio’s fourth-round knockout of Neil Magny in a battle of ranked welterweights, averaged just 632,000 viewers.