Cyborg-Lansberg main event draws 1.1M viewers

There may not be room for a women's featherweight division in the UFC, but there is plenty for Cris Cyborg.

According to ratings numbers released by FOX Sports on Tuesday, UFC Fight Night 95 - headlined by Cyborg's dominant win over newcomer Lina Lansberg - drew over 1.1 million viewers. The ratings peaked around 1.3 million during Saturday's main event.

The card was broadcast on FOX Sports 1 and it earned the highest rating for a female-headlined show in the channel's history. Cyborg and Lansberg broke a record set by Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha at The Ultimate Fighter 23 finale this past July.

It was also the fourth most watched UFC event on FS1 in 2016.

Cyborg has long been lobbying for the UFC to introduce a women's 145-pound weight class, the division in which she currently holds a title for the Invicta FC promotion. The UFC houses a 115 and 135-pound weight class for its female fighters, but questions of depth have made the promotion reluctant to add a third.

The UFC Fight Night 95 main event was contested at 140 pounds, and it's no secret that cutting those extra five pounds has been an ordeal for Cyborg. Even if the UFC doesn't add an entire roster of women's featherweights, it's clear that there is an abundance of interest in Cyborg no matter who she fights.