TUF 24 Finale Draws Big Viewership Numbers
TUF 24 Finale was a rating success for not only the UFC but for FOX Sports 1.
The TUF 24 Finale main card did an average of 1,032 million viewers. This is was down from the TUF 23 Finale that drew 1.086 million viewers and was headlined by Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha. The TUF 24 Finale main card aired from 10:00pm-1:22am ET. The prelims drew 887,000, which is up from the TUF 23 Finale prelims, which drew 642,000. The pre-fight show drew 479,000, and the post-fight show did 280,000.
The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale) took place on Saturday, December 3, 2016, at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was headlined by a UFC Flyweight Championship bout with current champion Demetrious Johnson facing the winner of the flyweight tournament from The Ultimate Fighter 24, which was Tim Elliott. A flyweight bout between season coaches and former title challengers Joseph Benavidez and Henry Cejudo served as the co-main event.
For 2016, the UFC is averaging 994,000 viewers for FS1 Fight Night events, which is up 10% from 2015’s average. The prelims are also up, 21% with a 739,000 average this year, up from 610,000 last year.
The UFC returns to television this Saturday with UFC 206 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The prelims will air on UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET and FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET. The main card airs on PPV at 10 p.m. ET. An interim featherweight title bout between Max Holloway and former UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis will headline this event.
