FOX Sports 1 reaped the benefits this weekend from the lead-up to UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia , the much anticipated main event, which saw the sport’s most dominant athlete, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey , knock out her opponent, Bethe Correia, in 34 seconds. Saturday night’s UFC preliminary bouts (8:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET) averaged 1,322,000 viewers, making it the third most-watched Pay-Per-View preliminary card in FOX Sports 1 history, and took the top spot in primetime among all ad supported cable sports networks. The event peaked at 1,599,000 viewers (9:15 PM – 9:30 PM ET). Saturday’s prelims were up +13% on household rating (1.04 vs. 0.92) and +10% on average audience (1,322,000 vs.
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UFC 190 Prelims TV Ratings Ride the Ronda Rousey Wave – MMA Weekly