UFC on FOX 4 Attendance, Live Gate, “Fight Night” Bonuses and Ratings

Saturday night’s “UFC on FOX: Shogun vs. Vera” card drew an announced attendance of 16,080 and a live gate of $1.1 million.

The “Fight Night” bonuses went as follows:

Knockout of the Night – Mike Swick
Submission of the Night – Joe Lauzon
Fight of the Night – Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner

Each fighter received $50,000 extra for their performances in addition to their respective base salaries.

UFC president Dana White spent much of the post-fight press conference and media scrum following UFC on FOX 4 last night explaining the ratings before they even came in. Well, the overnight ratings are in and it turns out UFC on Fox 4 averaged around 2.14 million viewers and peaked at 2.36 million. Here’s the breakdown by the half hour from TV By The Numbers:

8:00 – 0.9 Rating – 1.91 million viewers
8:30 – 1.1 Rating – 2.1 million viewers
9:00 – 1.2 Rating – 2.2 million viewers
9:30 – 1.2 Rating – 2.36 million viewers