Ratings Report: UFC Fight Night 62 main card on Fox Sports 1 draws 617,000; prelims 280k on Fox Sports 2

UFC Fight Night 62 took place on Saturday night in Brazil and was headlined by former UFC title challenger Demian Maia scoring a decision victory over Ryan LaFlare.UFC Fight Night 62

According to Nielson sources, the main card broadcast on Fox Sports 1 had an average live audience of 617,000 viewers and a rating of 0.3 in the Adult 18-49 demographic.

When it came to the peak of the broadcast, it came in the 12:30 a.m. ET to 12:45 a.m. ET quarter hour with 767,000 viewers.

The preliminary card was shown on Fox Sports 2 due to other programming being on Fox Sports 1 and had an average live audience of 280,000 viewers, which makes it the third most watched telecast in Fox Sports 2 history.

Following the main card, Fox Sports Live on Fox Sports 1 average 249,000 viewers from 1:09 a.m. ET to 2:09 a.m. ET compared to the 17,000 viewers it averaged in the same time period on Saturdays in March 2014.

The average viewership numbers for UFC Fight Night cards in 2015 is below.

UFC Fight Night 59: 2.75 Million (Prelims – 908k)
UFC Fight Night 60: 913k (Prelims – 775k)
UFC Fight Night 61: 1.2 Million (Prelims – 813k)
UFC Fight Night 62: 617k (Prelims – 280k) *

* – Prelims aired on Fox Sports 2.