UFC 256 may go down as the best card of 2020, but the prelims on ESPN2 only returned average results.
The preliminary card headlined by Cub Swanson’s knockout win against Daniel Pineda ultimately averaged 503,000 viewers over a 2 1/2-hour broadcast on ESPN2 this past Saturday night. The card earned a .16 in the coveted 18-49 year old demographic, which was good enough for No. 24 overall for cable ratings on Saturday.
The top rated program for the day was LSU’s upset win over Florida in college football, which earned 4.