Due to a scheduling conflict, last Saturday’s UFC 211 televised preliminary card was on FX. The UFC used to have Fight Night shows and PPV preliminary card broadcasts on FX prior to the creation of Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2, so this was a little bit of a reunion of sorts.
MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer breaks down the impressive ratings the prelims managed.
UFC 211, thought to be the company's biggest event of 2017, got early good news as the prelims on FX averaged 1,148,000 viewers.
It was the best prelims number so far this year, beating the average up to this point of 877,000 viewers by 31 percent.