Saturday’s UFC show on ESPN, headlined by Colby Covington’s five-round decision win over Robbie Lawler averaged 680,000 viewers in the 3:20 p.m. to 6:10 p.m. time slot.
The show had the lowest audience of the five ESPN Fight Night main shows to date. That was largely expected because of the afternoon time slot and being in the summer. The only other afternoon show, a March 30 show which started at 4 p.m., headlined by Justin Gaethje vs. Edson Barboza, did 828,000 viewers.
The show peaked at 945,000 viewers for the main event.