"UFC on Fox 19" last Saturday night finished with 2.49 million viewers for a telecast headlined by Glover Teixeira-Rashad Evans. The fight card had seen a number of fighter revisions leading up to the event due to injuries. That audience figure is down 9% from 2.75 million viewers for the telecast headlined by Luke Rockhold-Lyoto Machida last April. Evans previously headlined a UFC-Fox telecast back in January ’12 against Phil Davis, which was the net’s second-ever UFC telecast. That telecast averaged 4.66 million viewers. While down from recent events, "UFC on Fox 19" was well ahead of the Premier Boxing Champions telecast that aired head-to-head on NBC. That telecast drew 1.26 million viewers. UFC also easily topped PBC among men 18-34 and 18-49.
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AUDIENCE FOR SPRING "UFC ON FOX" PRIMETIME TELECASTS
|
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DATE
|
HEADLINE FIGHT
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|
5/5/12
|
Nate Diaz-Jim Miller
|
2,418
|
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4/20/13
|
Benson Henderson-Gilbert Melendez
|
3,742
|
|
4/19/14
|
Travis Browne-Fabricio Werdum
|
2,529
|
|
4/18/15
|
Luke Rockhold-Lyoto Machida
|
2,745
|
|
4/16/16
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Rashad Evans-Glover Teixeira
|
2,487
|
|
|
|
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The chart below lists final audience figures from select recent sports telecasts. Figures for last weekend's daytime broadcasts on NBC were unavailable at presstime.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
Food City 500 (Bristol) |
4/17
|
Fox
|
1:15-4:00pm
|
3.4
|
5,456
|
NBA Eastern Conference First Round:
Pistons-Cavaliers: Game 1 |
4/17
|
ABC
|
3:02-5:39pm
|
3.4
|
5,353
|
NBA Western Conference First Round:
Rockets-Warriors: Game 1 |
4/16
|
ABC
|
3:32-6:17pm
|
3.1
|
4,765
|
NBA Western Conference First Round:
Grizzlies-Spurs: Game 1 |
4/17
|
TNT
|
8:09-10:31pm
|
2.4
|
3,988
|
| NBA: Grizzlies-Warriors |
4/13
|
ESPN
|
10:38pm-1:01am
|
2.3
|
3,649
|
| NBA: Jazz-Lakers |
4/13
|
ESPN2
|
10:24pm-1:13am
|
2.1
|
3,465
|
NBA Western Conference First Round:
Trail Blazers-Clippers: Game 1 |
4/17
|
TNT
|
10:31pm-1:23am
|
1.9
|
3,060
|
NBA Western Conference First Round:
Mavericks-Thunder: Game 1 |
4/16
|
ESPN
|
9:52pm-12:14am
|
1.9
|
3,016
|
NBA Eastern Conference First Round:
Hornets-Heat: Game 1 |
4/17
|
TNT
|
5:39-8:09pm
|
1.9
|
2,978
|
NBA Eastern Conference First Round:
Celtics-Hawks: Game 1 |
4/16
|
ESPN
|
6:59-9:52pm
|
1.9
|
2,930
|
| "Fox NASCAR Sunday" |
4/17
|
Fox
|
12:30-1:15pm
|
1.7
|
2,621
|
UFC on Fox 19:
Rashad Evans-Glover Teixeira |
4/16
|
Fox
|
8:00-10:12pm
|
1.4
|
2,487
|
| PGA Tour: RBC Heritage: Final Round |
4/17
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:14pm
|
1.6
|
2,465
|
NBA Eastern Conference First Round:
Pacers-Raptors: Game 1 |
4/16
|
ESPN
|
12:34-3:21pm
|
n/a
|
1,936
|
| MLB: Giants-Dodgers |
4/17
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:55pm
|
n/a
|
1,858
|
| NBA: Heat-Celtics |
4/13
|
ESPN
|
8:05-10:38pm
|
n/a
|
1,793
|
| PGA Tour: RBC Heritage: Third Round |
4/16
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:10pm
|
1.1
|
1,667
|
| UFC prelims |
4/16
|
Fox
|
6:00-8:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,396
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
4/16
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:32pm
|
1.0
|
1,369
|
| Premier Boxing Champions |
4/16
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,262
|
| Liga MX: Chivas-Atlas |
4/17
|
UniMas
|
5:50-8:00pm
|
0.6
|
1,241
|
| "NBA Countdown" |
4/17
|
ABC
|
2:30-3:02pm
|
0.9
|
1,224
|
PBR: Stanley Performance
In Action Invitational |
4/17
|
CBS
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,038
|
| "PGA 2016: Make Cancer History" |
4/17
|
CBS
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
717
|
| "World of X Games: WSL Surfing" |
4/16
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
657
|
| Monster Energy Supercross: St. Louis |
4/16
|
Fox
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
472
|
| "Bundesliga Match Day" |
4/16
|
Fox
|
12:00-12:30pm
|
0.3
|
394
|
| Bundesliga: Bayern Munich-Schalke |
4/16
|
Fox
|
12:30-2:15pm
|
0.2
|
319
|
