Saturday’s UFC show on ESPN, headlined by Colby Covington’s five-round decision win over Robbie Lawler – averaged 680 000 viewers in the 3:20 p.m. to 6:10 p.m. time slot.
The show had the lowest audience of the five ESPN Fight Night main shows to date, reports MMA mania.
The show peaked at 945,000 viewers for the main event.
The prelims, from Noon to 3 p.m., averaged 523,000 viewers. They featured three ranked women flyweights, Lauren Murphy, Mara Romero Borella and Antonina Shevchenko, and was headlined by Mickey Gall winning a decision over Salim Touhri.
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Dallas and Philadelphia were the strongest markets for the main card, with Dallas averaging a 0,9 rating and Philadelphia doing a 0,7.