D. Johnson (photo) beat Dodson in the main fight of UFC 191. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
The events starring the UFC flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson, are not great examples of popularity, and the first signs show that UFC 191 will be no exception. After having the lowest box office revenue in more than ten years, the attraction also had a poor audience rating for its fights on the preliminary card.
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Even if it is a pay-per-view, the first fights of the night are usually broadcast on “FOX Sports”, an American cable channel. And, according to the first data released by the “Neilsen” agency, the fighting was seen, on average, by around 663 thousand people, the worst record in 2015 so far.
The number serves as a bad sign for the UFC, since the worst mark so far, obtained in event number 186 (710 thousand), subsequently recorded the lowest sales of pay-per-view in 2015. Interestingly, UFC 186 was also headlined by Demetrious Johnson, who defended his title against Kyoji Horiguchi.
In the main fight of UFC 191, Johnson won John Dodson in the unanimous decision of the judges to defend the belt for the seventh time. The attraction also had Andrei Arlovski defeating Frank mir, and Anhtony Johnson's knockout of Jimi Manuwa.
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