The World Series of Fighting 9 which took place this past Saturday night in Las Vegas drew an average of 242,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network per Nielsen sources. The rating is the second-highest viewership in WSOF’s history.
WSOF 1 – 198,000 viewers
WSOF 2 – 210,000 viewers
WSOF 3 – 201,000 viewers
WSOF 4 – 264,000 viewers
WSOF 5 – 227,000 viewers
WSOF 6 – 161,000 viewers
WSOF 7 – 94,000 viewers
WSOF 8 – 212,000 viewers
WSOF 9 – 242,000 viewers
NBC Sports Network also showed WSOF Canada which was seen on tape delay and garnered 96,000 viewers.
Payout Perspective:
The average viewership ratings are a positive considering it was on the same night as NCAA Basketball, competed with Metamorsis 3, HBO Boxing and NBC Sports Network also streamed the event. The streaming may have taken away some viewers from the televised show but that number is likely low.
These are Bellator on MTV2 type numbers. In their defense, I don’t think that network as a whole is doing well.