UFC 201 prelims do sixth-best number in FOX Sports 2 history

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Often one looks at the prelim numbers for a UFC pay-per-view to get a first indication of how the pay-per-view did.But for UFC 201, there isn’t much of a comparison point because the show was moved to Fox Sports 2 in favor of major league baseball on FS 1.The prelims averaged 331,000 viewers, peaking at 423,000 for the Nikita Krylov vs. Ed Herman fight. It was the sixth-most watched television show in the history of FS 2.The major league baseball game on FS 1 that moved the show to the weaker station did 386,000 viewers, far less than UFC would have done on FS 1, which is available in about 83 million homes as compared to 51 million for FS 2. Plus, a show on FS 1 has an advantage of being on a more popular station with a better dial …

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