The UFC had hoped for its strongest numbers of 2018 this past Saturday when Khabib Nurmagomedov was to face either Tony Ferguson or Max Holloway in the main event.
But with the change to Al Iaquinta, the prelims did numbers in the same range as most of the shows so far this year, with 892,000 viewers. The show peaked at 1,057,000 viewers for Karolina Kowalkiewicz’s decision win over Felice Herrig in the prelims main event slot.
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