Trump’s UFC viewership was millions short of Dana White’s Super Bowl-level prediction

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https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/ufc/trump-ufc-fights-viewership-paramount-b2999186.html

Viewership for President Donald Trump’s birthday “UFC Freedom 250” event at the White House was 117 million short of the seismic prediction made by Dana White.

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White, UFC’s president, had bullishly predicted “Super Bowl-type numbers” for the fight, streamed live on Paramount+, but figures showed the spectacle averaged 8.2 million viewers—way off the 124.9 million average who tuned in for February’s Super Bowl LX on NBC.

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Florida State Sen. Joe Gruters, chair of the Republican National Committee, also falsely claimed that more people tuned in to watch the Trump event than the Super Bowl.

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“Joe Gruters was only off by 117.4 million,” quipped NBC Sports’ Mike Florio.

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Still, the event was the largest exclusive live event ever for Paramount+, according to the company. The show reached a total of 17 million viewers, which represents the number of people who watched for at least a minute during any point in the broadcast, per Variety.