UFC Atlantic City averages 956,000 viewers

In an unusual situation, the main card was 20 percent ahead of the 2017 average, but the prelims were 12 percent below average Saturday’s UFC event in Atlantic City, N.J., headlined by Kevin Lee’s fifth-round stoppage of Edson Barboza, averaged 956,000 viewers.
The number was 20 percent ahead of the 2017 average for prime time Fight Night events, and 28 percent above the show on the same weekend last year, which was a Fight Night headlined by Cub Swanson vs. Artem Lobov.
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