MMA
UFC has widely increased its market these days. Donald Cerrone defeated Yancy Medeiros on Sunday night’s UFC Austin show which drew the record number of viewers. 893,000 people watched the show which is almost equal to Olympics and the NBA All-Star game.
Donald Cerrone’s win over Yancy Medeiros draws 893,000 viewers for UFC Austin (@DaveMeltzerWON) https://t.co/niypVhIpcD pic.twitter.com/O0VpkRWjj4
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) February 21, 2018
However, the number is not the highest ever. Last year an event with Derrick Lewis vs. Travis Browne on Sunday gathered 907,000 viewers.
The average of 13,959 viewers streamed the show per minute on digital services FOX Sports Go and FOX Now.
The main event of the night Sage Northcutt Vs Thibault Gouti saw 1,078,000 viewers streaming the show.
The same day Winter Olympics gathered 16,375,000 viewers on NBC and 1,714,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network while the NBA All-Star game saw 6,449,000 spectators on TNT.
