Viewership Rebounds For UFC Fight Night 98
The UFC Fight Night 98 main card did an average of up 860,000 viewers from 11 pm – 1 am eastern standard time. This is the up from the UFC Fight Night 96 main card, which drew 657,000 viewers.
UFC Fight Night 98 took place on Saturday, November 5th at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. This event also served as the TUF Latin America 3 Finale. The prelims on UFC Fight Pass started at 6:30 p.m. ET, the prelims on FOX Sports 1 aired at 8 p.m. ET and the main card aired at 10 p.m. ET.
The prelims for the event drew 668,000 viewers, which is also up from the UFC FN 96 prelims that did 294,000 viewers. The event went up against stiff competition as the show went up against the Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes game on ABC doing 4.9 million viewers and the Washington vs. California game on ESPN doing 2,007,000 million viewers.
For 2016, the UFC is averaging 994,000 viewers for FS1 Fight Night events, which is up 10% from 2015’s average. The prelims are also up, 21% with a 739,000 average this year, up from 610,000 last year.
The UFC returns to television this Saturday with UFC 205 in New York City, New York. The main card airs on PPV at 10 p.m. ET and the prelims air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET.
