“The Ultimate Fighter” returned to form this week, earning an average of 1.9 million viewers during its seventh episode broadcast.
This latest stanza in the season 12 storyline also earned a 1.3 household rating, recording a 1.84 in males 18-49 and a 2.2 rating in the M18-34 demographic.
The episode's viewership numbers were a-typical throughout the show's Wednesday evening broadcast. Usually, ratings will climb as an episode progresses, peaking with the fight shown at the conclusion of the hour. This week, however, viewership spiked during the episode's second quarter-hour, earning a 1.3 in that span. By contrast, the fight between Dane Sayers and Sako Chivitchyan during the last fifteen minutes only scored a 1.27