Ratings Report: UFC Fight Night 58 main card draws 966k, prelims 626k

Jason Floyd December 23, 2014

UFC Fight Night 58 took place on Saturday night in Brazil and was headlined by Lyoto Machida defeating C.B. Dollaway by knockout in 62 seconds.

According to Nielson sources, the main card broadcast on Fox Sports 1 had an average audience of 966,000 viewers while the televised prelims had an average audience of 626,000 viewers.

The peak of the broadcast came it at 1,237,000 million viewers and the event ranks as fourth most-watched ever on FOX Sports 1.

With the viewership from Saturday night, it marks the third straight Fight Night card on Fox Sports 1 to draw over 900,000 viewers and the average viewership for Fight Night/TUF Finale in 2014 on Fox Sports 1 finishes at 840,000 viewers.

Following the event, Fox Sports Live more than doubled its average viewership from last December’s comparable Fight Night (325,000 vs. 152,000) and in the Adults 18-49 demographic, Saturday’s Fox Sports Live was also up 143% (224,000 vs. 92,000).

Here is the history of the UFC Fight Night/TUF 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 (Prelims – 125,000)
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 (Prelims – 113,000)
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 (Prelims – 176,000)
UFC Fight Night 57: 903,000 (Prelims – 777,000)
TUF 20 Finale: 989,000 (Prelims – 719,000)
UFC Fight Night 58: 966,000 (Prelims – 626,000)