MMA Junkie reports that Bellator 82 received a viewer average of 156,000 viewers. It brings the average of Season 7 to 165,000 viewers.
Bellator 82 featured the final for the welterweight tournament.
Bellator 74: 190,000 viewers
Bellator 75: 145,000
Bellator 76: 175,000
Bellator 77: 149,000
Bellator 78: 154,000
Bellator 79: 220,000
Bellator 80: 148,000
Bellator 81: 149,000
Bellator 82: 156,000
Payout Perspective:
This past Friday’s ratings reflect a rise in ratings over the past two events. Bellator 82 is the fourth best rating for this season.
I almost forgot Bellator is still around. I guess it will be interesting to see if ratings increase with the move to Spike, but I really don’t seem to care as much anymore about second tier MMA. That includes the low end of the UFC cards as well.