The UFC 195 prelims on Saturday night drew 1,032,000 viewers, a number that is ten percent above the pay-per-view prelims average since the shows became fixtures on FOX Sports 1.
The number was remarkably similar to the first Saturday of 2015, the UFC 182 prelims, which did 1,039,000 viewers. But the main event on that show was Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier, one of the biggest UFC fights in recent years. While prelim ratings aren't a great predictor of pay-per-view numbers, there is usually a correlation. But if UFC 195 does one-third the 800,000 plus pay-per-view buys of Jones vs.