Conor McGregor’s return to teach The Final Fighter 31 debuted with 294,000 common viewers for the one hour broadcast this previous Tuesday evening on ESPN.
In keeping with the Nielsen scores system, TUF 31 completed at No. 11 general on cable on Tuesday evening, incomes a .14 share within the coveted 18-to-49 12 months outdated demographic, which is the important thing sector on the subject of promoting on tv. The present aired at 10 p.m. ET.
The No. 1 program on Tuesday was The Actual Housewives of New Jersey on Bravo with 1.176 million common viewers and a .34 share within the 18-to-49 12 months outdated demographic.
These numbers are down dramatically from the earlier time McGregor appeared on The Final Fighter, a Season 22 teaching spot on the long-running collection reverse Urijah Faber. Throughout that season, TUF 22 debuted with 622,000 common viewers with the published on FOX Sports activities 1.
Whereas McGregor’s return alongside future opponent Michael Chandler didn’t produce these sorts of scores, TUF 31 nonetheless trumped the final season that aired on cable after TUF 28 produced 186,000 common viewers for that debut again on FOX Sports activities 1 in 2018 with Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum as coaches.
Each TUF 29 and TUF 30 aired solely on ESPN+, a subscription based mostly service, which suggests no viewer numbers are launched.
The newest installment of The Final Fighter was boosted from ESPN+ again to ESPN largely because of McGregor serving as one of many coaches as he plots his return to motion following a devastating damaged leg suffered in his earlier look within the UFC in 2021.
McGregor and Chandler are teaching two groups of bantamweights and lightweights with a mixture of newcomers and UFC veterans within the forged. The rest of the season will proceed to air on Tuesday nights on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET.