UFC 214 prelims do 886,000 viewers, but other pay-per-view indicators are strong

The prelims for UFC 214 on Saturday night averaged 886,000 viewers, which would only be the third-best of the seven pay-per-view shows so far this year.
It sounds bad, because UFC 214 was expected to be by a wide margin, the biggest show so far this year. And the show looks to have been - easily - from virtually every other measurable standpoint. The reason the show likely fell below the 1 million mark is because it aired on FXX, an unfamiliar station to the UFC audience. Previously, UFC pay-per