The main card averaged 972,000 viewers, while prelims on FUEL TV averaged 96,000, MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) on Tuesday confirmed with industry sources. The main card average of 972,000 is down from October's UFC on FX 5 card, which averaged 1.1 million viewers. But the FUEL TV prelims more than doubled from the prelims for UFC on FX 5, which averaged a series low 44,000 for the card in Minneapolis. In UFC on FX 6's main event, Ross Pearson (14-6 MMA, 6-3 UFC) knocked out George Sotiropoulos (14-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in their fight following stints as coaches opposite each other on the second international edition of "The Ultimate Fighter," "TUF: Smashes." On the same card, Hector Lombard (32-3-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) picked up his first UFC win with a devastating first-round stoppage of Rousimar Palhares (14-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC). Plus, Robert Whittaker (10-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) won the "TUF: Smashes" welterweight crown against Brad Scott (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC), while Norman Parke (17-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) outpointed good friend Colin Fletcher (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) to win the lightweight tournament. Prior to this past weekend's event, the five UFC on FX "fight night" broadcasts averaged 1.24 million viewers. The high-water mark came with UFC on FX 2, which took place in Sydney this past March and averaged 1.4 million viewers for a card featuring the start of the UFC's four-man flyweight tournament and a welterweight bout between Martin Kampmann and Thiago Alves. The all-time UFC on FX main-card ratings include: UFC on FX 2 ratings: 1.4 million viewers UFC on FX 4 ratings: 1.3 million UFC on FX 1 ratings: 1.3 million UFC on FX 3 ratings: 1.1 million UFC on FX 5 ratings: 1.1 million UFC on FX 6 ratings: 972,000 The all-time UFC on FX preliminary-card ratings include: UFC on FX 4 ratings: 160,000 viewers UFC on FX 2 ratings: 113,000 UFC on FX 1 ratings: 148,000 UFC on FX 6 ratings: 96,000 UFC on FX 3 ratings: 84,000 UFC on FX 5 ratings: 44,000 For complete coverage of UFC on FX 6, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.
