The viewership numbers for UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker are in.
According to MMA Fighting, the latest show that was headlined with the two lightweights drew 1.070 million viewers this past weekend. Other bouts on the main card saw Mike Perry beat Mickey Gall, Brendan Allen get the better of Kyle Daukaus, Maurice Greene beat Gian Villante in a third-round submission, Takashi Sato win via knockout and Julian Erosa score a submission win over Sean Woodson.
This is the best viewership number since UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns (1.021 million viewers) back in May. UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo (908,000 viewers) and UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov (912,000 viewers) failed to garner viewers past the one million mark.
The four fight preliminary card that aired live on ESPN, with Khama Worthy defeating Luis Pena in the main event, brought in an average of 635,000 viewers. The next scheduled UFC event will be UFC 251 on July 11. The pay-per-view will feature three championship bouts with Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns for the UFC Welterweight title headlining.