Given the lack of starpower, the UFC and Bellator should be satisfied with their TV ratings from their respective shows this past weekend. The UFC 206 prelims, headlined by Misha Cirkunov vs Nikita Krylov, pulled in an average of 771,000 viewers for FS1 (366,000 in the 18-49 demographic). UFC pay-per-view prelims tend to do north of a million viewers, so this number falls quite below that level, but as previously mentioned, the lack of big names on the prelims (not to mention the main card portion of the card) makes these results satisfactory.
Meanwhile, Bellator 168 also went down on Saturday, live from Italy, on Spike TV, headlined by Alessio Sakara against Joey Beltran. It garnered 529,000 viewers on average, 201,000 in the 18-49 demo. Below average for Bellator, but in terms of drawing power, this was a below average card.
All TV ratings data courtesy of Sports TV Ratings.
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