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UFC on FOX 21 ratings take a hit due to local NFL preseason preemptions
- Updated: August 31, 2016
Under the UFC’s deal with FOX Sports, they normally air four events on the big FOX network, as they’ve done from 2013-2015. This year they had the option of an additional event, which was UFC on FOX 21 this past weekend in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For the first time ever, a UFC on FOX card had to go up against NFL preseason action, and the end result was not pretty.
MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer broke down the final numbers for UFC on FOX 21, which drew a record-low rating.
“The card, headlined by Demian Maia’s quick submission win over Carlos Condit, did a 1.2 rating and 1,983,000 viewers. The show was previously reported as doing 2.22 million viewers on the overnights, but as noted at the time, that was a rating for the FOX network in prime time, which didn’t include the UFC show on the West Coast, but was …
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