MMA Fighting · Jun 26, 2019
UFC prelims hit 413,000 viewers Saturday on ESPN
Esther Lin, MMA FightingThe UFC prelims on Saturday did 413,000 viewers airing from 4-7 p.m. on ESPN.
The six-fight show was headlined by Dan Ige vs. Kevin Aguilar. Due to the time slot and it being prelims without any major name fighters, it was the lowest number of viewers for a UFC event to date on ESPN.
Competing sports events head-to-head included Women’s World Cup soccer on FOX with 1,915,000 viewers, Major League Baseball on FS 1 with 436,000 viewers, PGA Golf on CBS with 1,530,000 viewers and LPGA Golf on NBC with 509,000 viewers.
Once again ESPN used UFC prelims to build up getting fight fans watching to subscribe to ESPN+ to watch the main fights that took place in Greenville, S.C.