WELCOME TO THE UFC @jiri_bjp!!
ARE YOU SERIOUS!?
#UFC251 pic.twitter.com/tL5DEfYe56— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA)
July 12, 2020
Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream UFC 251 live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app.
Saturday’s four-hour preliminary card for UFC
251 attracted an average audience of 851,000 viewers to ESPN,
according to
ShowBuzz Daily.
The preliminary card aired on ESPN from 6 p.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET and
featured a light heavyweight bout between ex-Rizin champion
Jiri
Prochazka and former UFC title challenger Volkan
Oezdemir. Prochazka enjoyed a successful Octagon debut,
defeating Oezdemir by second-round technical knockout. Viewership
peaked at 1.3 million during Prochazka vs. Oezdemir.
The ratings represent an improvement over the those for the UFC 250
prelims, which averaged 775,000 viewers on ESPN. However, the UFC
251 prelims rank only fifth out of sixth pay-per-view preliminary
cards thus far in 2020. It’s important to note that Saturday’s
prelims were simulcast on ESPN and ESPN+.
UFC 251 took place at the Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
The main card aired on pay-per-view via ESPN+ and was headlined by
a welterweight championship clash between Kamaru
Usman and Jorge
Masvidal. The pay-per-view draw reportedly did 1.3 million
pay-per-view buys.