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Donald Cerrone’s win over Yancy Medeiros draws 893,000 viewers for UFC Austin

Sunday night’s UFC Austin show, headlined by Donald Cerrone’s first-round win over Yancy Medeiros, averaged 893,000 viewers — a healthy number given competition of both the Olympics and the NBA All-Star game.

An event on a similar Sunday last year with Derrick Lewis vs. Travis Browne headlining did 907,000 viewers, but with lesser sports competition.

Sunday’s UFC Austin show also did 13,959 viewers for an average minute streaming on digital services FOX Sports Go and FOX Now.

The most notable thing is that the show peaked early, with 1,078,000 viewers tuning in for the Sage Northcutt vs.