Dave Meltzer, from MMAFighting.com, reports the latest estimated PPV numbers from the last two events, UFC 170: Hendricks vs Lawler and UFC 171: Jones vs Teixeira. According to Meltzer, UFC 171 drew an estimated 300K pay-per-view buys while UFC 172, which featured arguably UFC’s second biggest active star in Jon Jones, did an estimated 350,000 buys. Meltzer […]
Archives for May 2014
Bellator 118 DVR +3: 758,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that the DVR +3 ratings for Friday’s Bellator 118 went up to 758,000 viewers. The peak also rose to 1.117 million viewers. Bellator MMA 110 – 880,000, overnight; 1.1M Peak, DV$ +3 – 1M, Peak – 1.1M Bellator MMA 111 – 653,000, overnight; 964,000 Peak; DVR +3 – […]
Glory 16: 498,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned via a Nielsen source that Glory 16 this past Saturday night received an average of 498,000 viewers with a peak of 815,000 in the 10pm quarter hour. The event featured the first (and maybe the only) appearance of Pat Barry, Anderson Silva the kickboxer and an entertaining main event featuring Marc […]
Survey compares UFC and Boxing fans
The Sports Business Journal reports on the Scarborough annual survey which tracks the habits of avid fans of the UFC and pro boxing. The Scarborough survey of over 200,000 U.S. residents age 18 and older indicates that 12.1% of the U.S. general population says they are very or somewhat interested in pro boxing, while 10.8% state the […]
Bellator 118 overnight ratings: 701,000
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that Bellator MMA Live 118 received an overnight rating of 701,000 average viewers with a peak of over 1 million for the Joe Warren-Rafael Silva main event. Despite the NBA Playoffs, the 1.022 million viewers is the fourth time this season the peak has surpassed the 1 million […]