UFC 202 prelims get 1.3 million viewers

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http://www.lowkickmma.com/UFC/ufc-202-prelims-do-over-one-million-viewers/

This is interesting because numbers for prelims often indicate PPV numbers. As the article states, the prelim viewing figures for 2016 are:

UFC 202: 1,300,000 viewers.

UFC 201: 423,000 viewers.

UFC 200: 1,786,000 viewers.

UFC 199: 798,000 viewers.

UFC 198: 786,000 viewers.

UFC 197: 835,000 viewers.

UFC 196: 1,843,000 viewers.

UFC 195: 1,023,000 viewers.

So UFC 202 did a lot less than UFC 200 and UFC 196.
 
Still pretty good for only 2 days of buzz and hype.
 
As I said earlier to a similar theory, Conor casual PPV buyers are unlikely to tune into prelims. (No offence to them)
 
Um...no. UFC 200 prelims were fucking stacked. Doesn't mean shit about the PPV.
 
WhitebeltXL said:
As I said earlier to a similar theory, Conor casual PPV buyers are unlikely to tune into prelims. (No offence to them)
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In all 3 McGregor PPVs so far, the prelims got more viewers than there were estimated PPV buys. In fact, this is pretty much a hard and fast rule for all PPVs lately.
 
effervesciata said:
In all 3 McGregor PPVs so far, the prelims got more viewers than there were estimated PPV buys. In fact, this is pretty much a hard and fast rule for all PPVs lately.
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But I think this is the most interested the more casual viewers have been in a Conor fight.
 
UFC 200 prelims were stacked, it also had the milestone event thing to market. Not to mention the fact that UFC 202 had olympic events as competition.
 
I'd say this fight does worse than the first McGregor -Diaz fight because McGregor lost that one and a lot of casuals tuned out. I'm sure it still does well but i'd be surprised if it beats ufc 200. I'd assume it's around the same as 200 ppv wise. The next McGregor fight will do even more if the opponent is right like say a title shot against alvarez or Nate 3. Aldo not so much.
 
effervesciata said:
http://www.lowkickmma.com/UFC/ufc-202-prelims-do-over-one-million-viewers/

This is interesting because numbers for prelims often indicate PPV numbers. As the article states, the prelim viewing figures for 2016 are:

UFC 202: 1,300,000 viewers.

UFC 201: 423,000 viewers.

UFC 200: 1,786,000 viewers.

UFC 199: 798,000 viewers.

UFC 198: 786,000 viewers.

UFC 197: 835,000 viewers.

UFC 196: 1,843,000 viewers.

UFC 195: 1,023,000 viewers.

So UFC 202 did a lot less than UFC 200 and UFC 196.
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the 1.3 they are quoting is average, so the peak for the final hour will be much higher, so its hard to compare against PPV numbers.

For instance, both 196 and 200 broke 2m peak and very likely that 202 was around the 2 million mark as well.
 
Good thing they did this event on the second and closing weekend of the Olympics.
 
Wrestling Observer on the numbers...

The UFC 202 prelims on Saturday night did an average of 1.3 million viewers for the four fights on FS 1 from 8-10 p.m. ET. That was down 30% from the 1.84 million the UFC 196 prelims did in March, the last time Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz faced each other in the main event.

That would seem to be an indication that the pay-per-view number for this show might be down from the record 1.6 million buys that their first fight did, but there are extenuating factors here that may mean that is not necessarily the case.

First off, this show was up against the Summer Olympics, which did 15 million viewers during prime time. Because the PPV started at 10 p.m. ET with the main event not starting until about 11:30, it's possible that people would've ordered the PPV but not even watched the prelims, similar to a boxing audience.

The prelims were also up against NXT TakeOver on the WWE Network, and with a big UFC show there is usually crossover with a pro wrestling audience. The NXT show ended right around the time the second PPV match was underway.

As reported by Dave Meltzer on Sunday, the UFC show had over five million Google searches as of Sunday afternoon, which would be indicative of another huge PPV buy number.
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