Saturday’s UFC show from Sunrise, Fla., averaged 720,000 viewers for the prelims on ESPN and 288,000 for the first three fights on ESPN2.
The main card was exclusively streaming on ESPN+.
The prelims were the lowest rating for a UFC live event up to this point on ESPN, but not a bad number for prelims of a Fight Night. For a comparison, in a better 8-10 p.m. time slot, the most recent pay-per-view prelims, before UFC 236, did 893,000 viewers.
The show was fifth on cable during its 7-9 p.m. time slot. It was third for sports broadcasts on the night, trailing a Philadelphia 76ers vs.