Saturday night’s UFC on FOX 27 show headlined by Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza’s first-round TKO win over Derek Brunson drew the lowest overnight ratings in the history of the series.
The show, strong on action but weak on star power, did 1.593,000 viewers and an 0.5 rating in the key 18-49 demo. The number was a 21-percent drop from the same show last year and a 35-percent drop from two years ago. Making that worse is that this is the UFC’s contract negotiation period with the current FOX deal expiring at the end of this year.