The sixth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 26 premiered on Wednesday, October 4 on FS1 with 242,000 viewers and the UFC reality show saw a 34 percent increase in the +3 DVR viewership with a total of 325,000 viewers.
The +3 DVR viewership was confirmed to The MMA Report on Thursday by Nielson sources and the viewership is up slightly from episode 5 in the +3 DVR (320k).
The sixth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 26 featured #2 seed Barb Honchak defeating #15 seed Gillian Robertson by TKO in the second round and she will now face the winner of #7 seed Melinda Fabian and #10 seed Rachael Ostovich-Berdon, which will take place on episode 7.
The current television ratings for this season of The Ultimate Fighter is below.
Episode 1: Live+SD – 308k, +3 DVR – 375k
Episode 2: Live+SD – 176k, +3 DVR – 212k *
Episode 3: Live+SD – 220k, +3 DVR – 373k
Episode 4: Live+SD – 261k, +3 DVR – 381k
Episode 5: Live+SD – 220k, +3 DVR – 320k
Episode 6: Live+SD – 242k, +3 DVR – 325k
* – Combined viewership from FS1 and FS2.