Conor McGregor likes to brag about doing record-setting numbers, and like in his fights, he backs it up.
Besides drawing a $10.1 million gate on Saturday night, breaking the all-time U.S. record of $7.2 million that he set in July for the Chad Mendes fight, UFC 194 set FS 1 records for the most watched prelims before a pay-per-view and the most watched weigh-ins in history.
The prelims on Saturday night did 1,931,000 viewers on FS 1 and another 146,000 on Fox Deportes, the most-watched pay-per-view prelims since UFC was on Spike TV. It was also the second-largest audience ever to watch a UFC event on the station, trailing only the 2,750,000 set for a Fight Night card in January headlined by McGregor vs. Dennis Siver.
The prior record for prelim ratings was 1,554,000 for UFC 168, the show headlined byAnderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman and Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate. The Faber match broke the post-Spike era prelims single match record of 1,992,000 viewers set by Miesha Tate vs. Sara McMann before UFC 183.
The weigh-ins on Friday did 294,000 viewers, the largest since the Spike era.
The prefight show at 7 p.m. on Saturday did 556,000 viewers, the fourth-largest total on FS 1. The post-fight show did 344,000 viewers, also the fourth-largest total in station history.
Friday night's Ultimate Fighter finals from 10 p.m. to 1:12 a.m. did 883,000 viewers on FS 1 and 98,000 viewers on Fox Deportes. The prelims, airing from 8-10 p.m. did 809,000 viewers on FS 1 and 63,000 on Fox Deportes.
LINK: UFC 194 prelims blow away FOX Sports 1 ratings records - MMA Fighting
