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UFC does 2.5 million viewers for UFC on FOX 19 event
- Updated: April 21, 2016
Saturday’s UFC on FOX show headlined by Glover Teixeira’s first round knockout of Rashad Evans did a 1.4 rating and 2,487,000 viewers. The number is along the lines of what a usual UFC on FOX event would do in April, and a positive when you factor in the circumstances.The number was down from a 1.5 rating and 2,745,000 viewers for last year’s April show, which had a stronger marquee main event of Luke Rockhold vs. Lyoto Machida, which determined the next middleweight title contender. Two years ago the show, featuring Fabricio Werdum vs. Travis Browne, did a 1.6 rating and 2.5 million viewers.Saturday’s show had a number of issues that didn’t help the ratings. The scheduled Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson main event fell through due to injury. Two of the best-known names scheduled, Machida and Dan Henderson, were pulled from the show days earlier because Machida had an issue with declaring usage of a banned substance that resulted in their fight being …
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