UFC Fight Night 91 took place last night at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and was headlined by John Lineker winning his fifth straight fight with a knockout victory against Michael McDonald.
According to Nielson sources, the main card broadcast on FS1 (9:00p-11:43p ET) had an average live audience of 609,000 viewers and the preliminary card on FS1 (7:00-7:00p ET) drew 311,000 viewers.
The UFC coverage led FS1 to the top spot among all cable sports networks in both overall viewership and Adult 18-49 demographic between 7p-11:45p ET. The peak viewership for UFC Fight Night 91 was 675,000 viewers in the 10:15-10:30 p.m. ET quarter hour and the Post Fight Show drew 217,000 viewers, up 3 percent from the FOX Sports Live that aired following last year’s Fight Night.
The ratings history of UFC Fight Night cards in 2016 on FS1 are below.
UFC Fight Night 81: 2,228,000
UFC Fight Night 82: 1,317,000
UFC Fight Night 83: 983,000
UFC Fight Night 85: 1,149,000
UFC Fight Night 86: 781,000
UFC Fight Night 87: 656,000
UFC Fight Night 88: 757,000
UFC Fight Night 89: 964,000
TUF 23 Finale: 1,086,000
UFC Fight Night 91: 601,000