UFC 235 Prelims Nab 1.0 TV Rating Overnight

Overnight television ratings for the UFC 235 prelims have been released and it’s a doozy.

The viewership numbers aren’t available at this time, but the ESPN portion of the prelims brought in a 1.0 overnight television rating (via MMAFighting.com). It’s tied for the second best overnight television rating for a UFC preliminary airing since 2013.

The UFC 235 prelims had a college basketball game lead-in. The ESPN prelims had notable names such as Jeremy Stephens, Zabit Magomedsharipov, and Diego Sanchez. Viewership numbers are expected to roll in tomorrow (March 5). MMA News will keep you up to speed on the final viewership number.

The ESPN portion of the UFC 235 prelims closed out with Magomedsharipov vs. Stephens. In the end, it was Magomedsharipov who took home the unanimous decision win. Fight fans also got to see the spectacular flying knee KO from Johnny Walker to Misha Cirkunov. As far as Sanchez goes, he turned back the clock with his brutal TKO victory over Mickey Gall.

Check out MMANews.com for the event’s results, highlights, interviews, and other tidbits.

Alright fight fans, as always MMA News is looking to hear from you. Did you enjoy the UFC 235 prelims and what do you think of the UFC’s partnership with ESPN in the early going?

Related News

Top Stories

UFC Store

Dustin Poirier Provides Update On UFC’s Plans For His Retirement Fight

Dustin Poirier is hoping to end his MMA career with a final fight in...

Dana White Shares What Gets People UFC Contracts, & It’s Not ‘A Personality Like Conor & Ronda…’

UFC is the biggest MMA promotion in the world, by far. Because most competitor...

‘Coolest Thing Ever’ – Dricus Du Plessis Reveals Fighter Who Got Him Into Fighting Instead Of Rugby

UFC Middleweight Champion Dricus Du Plessis has had a long and amusing path to...

Debuting Aleksandre Topuria ‘Not His Brother’, Says UFC 312 Opponent

Colby Thicknesse is vowing to show the difference in ability between Ilia Topuria and...

Dana White Reacts To Dricus Du Plessis Admitting He’s Prepared To Kill A Man In Front Of His Family

Dana White recently reviewed the bone-chilling mentality of Dricus Du Plessis that spread like...

UFC 312: Coach Predicts Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland 2 Will Be A ‘Violent Chess Match’

Sayif Saud, head coach at Fortis MMA, anticipates an all-out war between Dricus Du...

UFC 312: Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland 2 Weigh-In Results: One Fight Canceled

UFC 312 takes place tomorrow night, and MMA News is here to bring you...

Throwback: Dricus Du Plessis Claims Conor McGregor Who Fought Alvarez Would’ve Beaten Khabib Nurmagomedov

In one of his most popular interviews ever, Dricus Du Plessis claimed that the...

Dana White Highlights Boxing’s Edge Over MMA Using Ronda Rousey Example

While looking back at Ronda Rousey's loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193, Dana...