Early indications are that Saturday night’s pay-per-view prelims on ESPN will be among the most-watched in history.
Between ESPN and ESPN Deportes, the show averaged a 1.0 rating in the overnight ratings of the major metered markets. Since UFC moved off Spike in 2012, the highest metered market rating for pay-per-view prelims was a 1.1 for UFC 205, the November 12, 2006, show from Madison Square Garden. That loaded prelim show featured both Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Michael Johnson and Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens, leading up to one of the deepest UFC main shows in history with three title fights, headlined by Eddie Alvarez vs.