The eighth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 21 debuted seven days ago with 425,000 viewers in the preliminary ratings and the show saw a 33 percent increase in the +3 DVR ratings with 566,000 total viewers.
Nielson sources confirmed the +3 DVR numbers to The MMA Report on Wednesday afternoon and this is the fourth straight episode to average over 500,000 viewers in +3 DVR ratings.
The eighth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 21 featured American Top Team’s Hayder Hassan improving to 2-0 in the competition with a win over Felipe Portela of the Blackzilians. With the victory by Hassan, the American Top Team will host the ninth fight of the season.
The ratings history of The Ultimate Fighter 21 is below.
Episode 1: Live+SD – 490k, +3 DVR – 704k
Episode 2: Live+SD – 454k, +3 DVR – 646k
Episode 3: Live+SD – 364k, +3 DVR – 524k
Episode 4: Live+SD – 286k, +3 DVR – 415k
Episode 5: Live+SD – 340k, +3 DVR – 512k
Episode 6: Live+SD – 353k, +3 DVR – 586k
Episode 7: Live+SD – 371k, +3 DVR – 625k
Episode 8: Live+SD – 425k, +3 DVR – 566k
The ninth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 21 will premiere tonight on Fox Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT and check out a preview of tonight’s episode below.