The UFC’s third prime time Fight Night on ESPN Saturday night from Minneapolis, Minn., averaged 1,091,000 viewers. It was the highest rated show in cable on Saturday night in a number of key demos.
The show peaked during the Francis Ngannou vs. Junior Dos Santos main event with 1,247,000 viewers.
The 9 p.m. to midnight show was second for the day, behind the Women’s World Cup game in the afternoon, in most of the key demos, but was tops on cable during its time slot in Adults and Men 18-49 and 18-34.
It was a relatively weak Saturday night of sports competition as the UFC event was the second-most-watched Saturday night sports event, trailing only the 2,173,000 viewers for baseball on FOX.