Saturday night’s UFC prelims on FX did 717,000 viewers before the pay-per-view show, which was up 25 percent from the May 12 UFC 224 show, the last time prelims were on FX instead of FS 1.
The number is the fourth-highest of the eight shows this year, and since FX is unfamiliar to fans who expect to see the show on FS 1, that would be a good sign. The prelims peaked at 868,000 viewers for the Pedro Munhoz vs. Brett Johns fight. There were also 9,580 viewers streaming over an average minute of the telecast.