MMA Fighting · Oct 28, 2020
UFC 254 prelims return lowest ratings for pay-per-view in 2020
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesUFC 254 may go down as one of the biggest pay-per-view cards of the year, but the preliminary broadcast on ESPN2 actually returned the lowest ratings of the year for the promotion.
According to the Nielsen Ratings System, the UFC 254 prelims on ESPN2 averaged 343,000 viewers over the two-hour broadcast starting at 12 p.m. ET. The card earned a .14 rating in the coveted 18-49 year old demographic, which made the UFC 254 prelims No. 44 overall for cable programming on Saturday.