The UFC's final pay-per-view of 2015 Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor looks to be a major success across all platforms. It's $10 million gate is the largest one for any US-based MMA event, and chances are it had a high PPV buyrate. While we won't know final estimates for 194 for a little while, we do know that Fox Sports 1 pulled in terrific numbers for its preliminary card special. From the official press release, the broadcast averaged 1.9 million viewers and peaked at just under 2.4 million.

The two-hour prime time UFC 194 PRELIMS on Saturday delivered 1,931,000 viewers and is the most-watched Pay-Per-View prelims in FS1 history, according to Nielsen Media Research. The PRELIMS peaked at 2,380,000 during the legendary Urijah Faber's gritty decision over Frankie Saenz. In addition to being a record-setter for FS1, UFC 194 PRELIMS were the most-watched on any network in more than four years, dating back to the UFC 126 prelims on Feb. 5, 2011, which aired on Spike TV (1,964,000). The special two-hour FS1 UFC 194 WEIGH-IN SHOW on Friday (Dec. 11), was also record-setting, becoming the most-watched weigh-in ever on FS1, delivering 294,000 viewers.

That's pretty impressive no matter how you cut it. The 2.38 million peak is the highest for any preliminary card special, whether on Spike or FS1. These 194 prelim ratings are higher than every live FS1 UFC show except for the January 2015 one headlined by Conor McGregor against Dennis Siver. Last month's UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm prelims averaged 1.39 million viewers, which at the time was the 2nd highest prelim special behind UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz. UFC 194 comfortably beat both of these cards.

Meanwhile, the TUF 22 Finale ratings for Friday's show averaged 889,000 viewers, which is lower than December TUF Finales from the past two years, but up from the TUF 21 Finale (691,000) in July. The main event saw Frankie Edgar KO Chad Mendes in the 1st round of a card that began on Friday but finished up some time yesterday morning.