Spike TV’s live airing of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 24 drew an average of 2.2 million viewers, according to numbers released by the cable channel to Sherdog.com on Tuesday.
The two-hour broadcast peaked with 2.4 million viewers at 11:15 p.m. ET, during the welterweight co-main event between Anthony Johnson and Dan Hardy. Headlined by a light heavyweight confrontation between up-and-comer Phil Davis and durable veteran Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, the event earned a 1.5 household rating, with 2.3 and 2.2 ratings in the males 18-34 and 18-49 demographics, respectively.
Spike TV reports that Saturday’s broadcast was the most-watched “Fight Night” special since September 2009’s UFC Fight Night 19, which averaged 2.5 million viewers.