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The early indications for UFC 226 are disappointing, as the prelims prior to the pay-per-view did 668,000 viewers on FOX Sports 1. The number was almost identical to UFC 225 on June 9, which did 667,000 viewers.
’s not a good sign because the pay-per-view main event, with light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormierbeating heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic in a rare champion vs. champion fight was supposed to be far bigger than the Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romeromain event in June.
The expectation going in was that this would be the biggest show so far this year. But the most preliminary of pay-per-view estimates have the show doing a little under 400,000 buys. There are those who believe the loss of Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega hurt interest, but Cormier vs. Miocic on its own should have been able to do bigger numbers.
The UFC did lead FS 1 to the top spot on cable sports networks, and it was the third most-watched sports telecast on Saturday night. The show trailed NASCAR on NBC at 4,437,000 viewers and Major League Baseball on FOX at 2,217,000 viewers.
The peak for the prelims was 800,000 viewers for Paulo Costa’s win over Uriah Hall in what was generally considered the most exciting fight of an overall good action night.
In addition, UFC 226 was the single-most searched for term on Google on Saturday with more than 1 million searches, a number bolstered by interest in the appearance of Brock Lesnar challenging Cormier after the fight.
The pre-fight show did 254,000 viewers and post-fight show did 155,000 viewers. The latter number has to be disappointing for such a big show and it being the follow-up to Lesnar’s appearance. The weigh-ins did 239,000 viewers, which would be the seventh-best number on FS 1 in history. The weigh-in number was boosted because it came before Friday’s live fight card.
The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale main card on Friday night did 499,000 viewers, making it the least-watched main card for a live UFC event ever on FS 1.
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’s not a good sign because the pay-per-view main event, with light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormierbeating heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic in a rare champion vs. champion fight was supposed to be far bigger than the Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romeromain event in June.
The expectation going in was that this would be the biggest show so far this year. But the most preliminary of pay-per-view estimates have the show doing a little under 400,000 buys. There are those who believe the loss of Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega hurt interest, but Cormier vs. Miocic on its own should have been able to do bigger numbers.
The UFC did lead FS 1 to the top spot on cable sports networks, and it was the third most-watched sports telecast on Saturday night. The show trailed NASCAR on NBC at 4,437,000 viewers and Major League Baseball on FOX at 2,217,000 viewers.
The peak for the prelims was 800,000 viewers for Paulo Costa’s win over Uriah Hall in what was generally considered the most exciting fight of an overall good action night.
In addition, UFC 226 was the single-most searched for term on Google on Saturday with more than 1 million searches, a number bolstered by interest in the appearance of Brock Lesnar challenging Cormier after the fight.
The pre-fight show did 254,000 viewers and post-fight show did 155,000 viewers. The latter number has to be disappointing for such a big show and it being the follow-up to Lesnar’s appearance. The weigh-ins did 239,000 viewers, which would be the seventh-best number on FS 1 in history. The weigh-in number was boosted because it came before Friday’s live fight card.
The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale main card on Friday night did 499,000 viewers, making it the least-watched main card for a live UFC event ever on FS 1.
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