The tenth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 25 debuted eight days ago with 457,000 viewers in the preliminary ratings (Live+SD) and the show saw a 54 percent increase in the +3 DVR ratings with 705,000 total viewers.
Nielson sources confirmed the +3 DVR numbers to The MMA Report on Wednesday and after ten episodes, The Ultimate Fighter 25 is averaging 580,000 viewers in the +3 DVR viewership. The viewership for episode ten of The Ultimate Fighter 25 was up 44 percent over Episode ten of last Fall’s season in +3 DVR viewership (705,000 vs. 471,000) and up slightly over Episode ten of last spring’s season (683,000).
The viewership of 457,000 (Live+SD) and 705,000 (Live+3) makes it the most-watched first-run episode of The Ultimate Fighter on both Live+SD and Live+3 since the final regular episode of the Spring 2016 season.
The eleventh episode of The Ultimate Fighter 25 premiered last night on FS1 and the preliminary ratings for this episode will be released this afternoon.
Episode 1: Live+SD – 288k, +3 DVR – 500k
Episode 2: Live+SD – 372k, +3 DVR – 514k
Episode 3: Live+SD – 324k, +3 DVR – 497k
Episode 4: Live+SD – 348k, +3 DVR – 543k
Episode 5: Live+SD – 302k, +3 DVR – 510k
Episode 6: Live+SD – 380k, +3 DVR – 666k
Episode 7: Live+SD – 373k, +3 DVR – 662k
Episode 8: Live+SD – 303k, +3 DVR – 541k
Episode 9: Live+SD – 442k, +3 DVR – 664k
Episode 10: Live+SD – 457k, +3 DVR – 705k