UFC 153 ratings: FX prelims return to 1-million-viewers mark

Ratings for FX’s broadcast of this past weekend’s UFC 153 preliminary card hit the 1-million-viewer mark for the first time in three events. 

Overall, FX’s two-hour broadcast, averaged 1 million viewers, a slight increase compared to UFC 152 and UFC 150′s numbers but slighter less than the overall 1.24 million average. 

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the figures with industry sources.

UFC 153 took place Oct. 13 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The FX broadcast followed additional prelims on Facebook and preceded the night’s pay-per-view main card, which saw Anderson Silva TKO Stephan Bonnar in the headliner.

FX’s four-fight lineup provided a solid night of action, including Rony Jason’s “Knockout of the Night” win over Sam Sicilia. Gleison Tibau, Diego Brandao and Sergio Moraes also picked up wins on the FX broadcast.

To date, FX has aired 11 PPV prelims specials. UFC 153′s is tied for sixth out of 11. Overall, the 11 broadcasts have averaged 1.22 million viewers per event.

FX’s next preliminary-card broadcast takes place in conjunction with next month’s UFC 154 event in Montreal. Prior to the PPV main card and Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit headliner, FX airs four prelims with notables such as Patrick Cote, Mark Bocek, Sam Stout and Constantinos Philippou.


  1. UFC 148 ratings: 1.8 million viewers
  2. UFC 145 ratings: 1.6 million
  3. UFC 144 ratings: 1.5 million
  4. UFC 143 ratings: 1.4 million
  5. UFC 146 ratings: 1.3 million
  6. UFC 153 ratings: 1.0 million
  7. UFC 149 ratings: 1.0 million
  8. UFC 150 ratings: 974,000
  9. UFC 147 ratings: 969,000
  10. UFC 152 ratings: 955,000
  11. UFC 142 ratings: 880,000


(Pictured: Rony Jason)


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