The viewership numbers for UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov are in.
The latest show that was headlined with a five-round fight between Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov drew in an estimated 912,000 viewers on Saturday night, according to MMA Fighting. This is up a bit from UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo, which only drew in 908,000 viewers.
However, the number is still down from the returning shows in May as UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns (1.021 million viewers) and UFC Fight Night: Harris vs. Overeem (1.198 million viewers) both drew over a million viewers.
Also on the card, Josh Emmett beat Shane Burgos in a thrilling contest, Raquel Pennington overcame Marion Reneau, Belal Muhammad defeated Lyman Good and Jim Miller got the submission win over Roosevelt Roberts.
The seven fight preliminary card that aired live on ESPN, with Bobby Green defeating Clay Guida in the featured spot, brought in an average of 513,000 viewers. The UFC will make their return to cable this weekend with Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker as the main event. Mickey Gall will also take on Mike Perry and Gian Villante vs. Maurice Greene is also set.