UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till fared better than Kattar vs. Ige did last Wednesday.
The fight night show saw former UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker beat Darren Till in a close five-round contest, Mauricio Rua close out his trilogy against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira with a unanimous decision victory, and Fabricio Werdum get a quick submission win over Alexander Gustafsson, score 908,000 viewers on ESPN last Saturday.
This is a much stronger number than UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige as that event only drew 536,000 viewers last Wednesday. However, the viewerships falls below the 1.070 million viewers for UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker and the 1.021 viewers that UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns received.
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov had a couple thousand more viewers (912,00) and Whittaker vs. Till managed to tie UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo at 908,000 viewers.
The eight fight preliminary card that aired on ESPN only brought in an average of 483,000 viewers according to MMA Fighting. Jai Herbert vs. Francisco Trinaldo and Tanner Boser vs. Raphael Pessoa were some of the featured fights on the card. The next scheduled event will be UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan this Saturday, August 1.