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UFC Minneapolis Main Card Averages Slightly More Than 1 Million Viewers on ESPN

The UFC’s third offering on ESPN averaged 1.091 million viewers on the Worldwide Leader, making it the third-most viewed cable Fight Night card since February 2017.

ESPN released ratings figures for UFC Minneapolis on Tuesday. When combining figures for ESPN and ESPN Deportes, the average audience increased to 1.41 million viewers. UFC on ESPN 3 took place at the Target Center in Minneapolis and saw Francis Ngannou defeat Junior dos Santos via technical knockout 71 seconds into their heavyweight headliner.

UFC on ESPN 1, which was headlined by a showdown between Ngannou and Cain Velasquez, averaged 1.