The final live ratings for the UFC 235 prelims ended up as the best mark for that type of show in more than two years.
The four-match show, airing from 8:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. on ESPN this past Saturday night, finished second to NBA basketball on ABC in most key adult demographics.
The four-fight show averaged 1,480,000 viewers, up from 1,339,000 for the prelims before UFC 234 three weeks earlier. The numbers for both shows were the best for pay-per-view prelims since Dec. 30, 2016, when the prelims before the Ronda Rousey vs.