A Street Fighting spectacle like none before it: ESPN2 covered Evo’s Street Fighter V finals at Mandalay Bay Sunday night, and shared the intense action and roaring crowd with a new audience. How many tuned in to watch?

Yankees/Red Sox averaged 2.066 million on ESPN. EVO World Championships: 201K on ESPN2. — Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) July 19, 2016

Evo’s finals reached over 201,000 viewers through ESPN2, in addition to 213,927 Twitch viewers and 182,716 on the main stream. This puts Evo viewership well in line with E-LEAGUE, and removes any doubt that there is indeed a future for this sort of fighting game tournament coverage.

#Evo2016 @espn TV Ratings have great start for #FGC 201k and 147k 18-49. Would be #3 rated eSports show this year ? pic.twitter.com/dDikJBblBg — Manny Anekal (@mannyanekal) July 19, 2016

Bill Walton is sold on Evo; read about his enthusiasm for the event and the FGC.

See the final standings for Evo 2016 competitors here.

Source: PVP Live; Manny Anekal (Twitter); Sports TV Ratings