Bellator 132 drew an average viewership of 767,000 viewers according to Nielsen. The main event between Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and Daniel Straus drew 1.1 million viewers.
The show peaked during the main event with 1.2 million viewers at 11:21 p.m. ET.
It was the first show for Bellator MMA in 2015 and took place at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.
Payout Perspective:
It’s a nice start to the year for Bellator as its next event will occur on February 13 in Fresno, CA. Friday’s event is above the season 11 average (727,000) for Bellator programming on Spike. Notably, only two events from season 11 (one of which was Bellator 131) drew a live peak average of over 1 million viewers.
The next Bellator show is Feb 13th at the Save Mart Center in Fresno.