UFC Fight Night 56 took place on Saturday night in Brazil and was headlined by Ovince St. Preux stopping Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in 34-seconds. 
According to Nielson sources, the main card broadcast on Fox Sports 1 had an average audience of 699,000 viewers.
The fight card went up against tough competition in four major college football games and boxing on HBO, which drew over 1.3 million viewers.
With the viewership from Saturday night, the Fight Night/TUF Finale main card average audience in 2014 on Fox Sports 1 is now at over 817,000 viewers.
Here is the history of the UFC Fight Night/Ultimate Fighter Finale preliminary viewership in 2014 on Fox Sports 1.
UFC Fight Night 35: 629,000 (Prelims – 220,000)
UFC Fight Night 36: 1,400,000
UFC Fight Night 38: 936,000 (Prelims – 369,000)
TUF Nations Finale: 641,000 (Prelims – 263,000)
UFC Fight Night 40: 655,000
TUF Brazil 3 Finale: 609,000 (Prelims – 560,000)
UFC Fight Night 42: 1,217,000 (Prelims – 812,000)
UFC Fight Night 44: 702,000 (Prelims – 500,000)
TUF 19 Finale: 1,000,000 (Prelims – 774,000)
UFC Fight Night 45: 640,000 (Prelims – 415,000)
UFC Fight Night 47: 735,000 (Prelims – 116,000)
UFC Fight Night 49: 689,000
UFC Fight Night 50: 911,000 (Prelims – 485,000)
UFC Fight Night 54: 413,000 (FX), 799,000 (Fox Sports 1), (Prelims – 102,000) *
UFC Fight Night 56: 699,000
* – The main card was simulcasted on Fox Sports 1 from 12:07 a.m. ET – 1:02 a.m. ET.
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