UFC Freedom 250 drew in a substantial audience over the weekend.A remarkable 17million viewers tuned in to Paramount + across the United States and Latin America to watch the action unfold on the South Lawn of the White House, according to the network.UFC Freedom 250 was the most-watched live event to exclusively air on Paramount+GettyThe unprecedented event also averaged 8.2m viewers over the course of the night, and, in the process, became the most-watched live event to exclusively air on Paramount +.For context, Paramount+ closed out its first quarter with 79.6million global subscribers.An estimated 35.8m of those subscribers come from the US. UFC Freedom 250 viewership numbers for the rest of the world are expected to be announced by the UFC next week. What happened at UFC Freedom 250?It wasn’t just a record-breaking show outside of the cage; the action inside of it also exceeded expectations.UFC Freedom 250 was the first time in UFC history that every fight ended in a knockout or technical knockout.The first six fights were over inside the opening two rounds before Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje slugged it out over four frames in an enthralling main event.Few gave Gaethje even the slimmest chance of dethroning the unbeaten two-weight UFC champion Topuria.But after weathering an early storm, the rugged veteran broke down Topuria and retired him on his stool at the end of the fourth round. Topuria was rushed to hospital in the immediate aftermath, where a CT scan determined he had suffered non-displaced fractures in both orbital bones. Gaethje shocked the world in the main event by dethroning Topuria in a gruelling contestGettyHe isn’t expected to return to the cage this year, but has called for a rematch with Gaethje once he has healed up.It remains to be seen whether Gaethje would entertain a sequel, given that he had teased the possibility of hanging up his gloves in the lead-up to fight night. Pressed on whether he will fight again by Joe Rogan post-fight, Gaethje said: “I promised my mum I wouldn’t make a decision tonight.”Elsewhere, on the undercard, Ciryl Gane derailed Alex Pereira‘s quest to become the UFC’s first three-division champion, while Sean O’Malley punched his ticket for a bantamweight title shot with a walk-off KO win over Aiemann Zahabi.Josh Hokit also backed up his words once again by blowing away Derrick Lewis after Mauricio Ruffy made quick work of Michael Chandler.