UFC 141: Final Spike TV 'Prelims' Earn 1.8 Million Viewers, Second Best In Series History

Never underestimate the allure of Brock Lesnar.

Friday's night's UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem ‘Prelims' special drew an average of 1.8 million viewers live on Spike TV, marking the highest ratest 'UFC Prelims' special of the year according to network officials. The numbers rank in second throughout the history of the 29-episode series, only losing out to UFC 126's 2 million viewers.

Fight fans witnessed Ross Pearson defeating Junior Assuncao and Danny Castillo edging Anthony Njokuani in hard-fought unanimous decisions. The one-hour broadcast served as a sendoff for Spike TV's longtime partnership with the UFC.

UFC 141 took place on December 30th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lesnar fell to Alistair Overeem via first-round TKO in the night's main event.

'UFC Prelims' ratings:

1. UFC 126: 2 million viewers
2. UFC 141: 1.8 million
3. UFC 109: 1.7 million
4. UFC 135: 1.6 million
4. UFC 131: 1.6 million
4. UFC 114: 1.6 million
7. UFC 129: 1.5 million
7. UFC 108: 1.5 million
7. UFC 121: 1.5 million
7. UFC 123: 1.5 million
11. UFC 133: 1.4 million
11. UFC 104: 1.4 million
11. UFC 103: 1.4 million
14. UFC 134: 1.3 million
14. UFC 130: 1.3 million
14. UFC 128: 1.3 million
14. UFC 119: 1.3 million
14. UFC 116: 1.3 million
14. UFC 115: 1.3 million
14. UFC 106: 1.3 million
21. UFC 139: 1.2 million
21. UFC 132: 1.2 million
21. UFC 111: 1.2 million
24. UFC 137: 1.1 million
24. UFC 118: 1.1 million
26. UFC 136: 1 million
25. UFC 125: 829,000*
28. UFC 140: 808,000*
29. UFC 127: 714,000*

*Broadcast on ION TV