McGregor gets FS1 record ratings
The UFC put a big promotional push behind the UFC Fight Night Boston and it’s main event star Conor McGregor. The marketing effort seemed to work
The UFC put a big promotional push behind the UFC Fight Night Boston and it’s main event star Conor McGregor. The marketing effort seemed to work:
Sunday’s UFC Fight Night, built around McGregor’s fight with Dennis Siver, drew 2,751,000 viewers on average and peaked with 3,162,000 viewers for the main event. Those numbers blew away the previous UFC record on FOX Sports 1, set the night of the launch, on August 17, 2013, for the Chael Sonnen vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua show, which averaged 1,780,000 viewers and did 2,270,000 viewers for the main event.
The viewership number was the highest for a UFC event on cable since Dec. 5, 2009, a Spike special that included a Kimbo Slice vs. Houston Alexander fight.
With the exception of the two NFL playoff games, the event was the most-watched show on television on Sunday among Males 18-34, Males 18-49 and Males 25-54.