Bellator 147 drew an average viewership of 656,000 on Spike TV on Friday night. In the main event Josh Thomson defeated Pablo Villaseca.
UPDATED 12/08/15: The event peaked at 833,000 viewers at 11:03pm.
The NBA on ESPN featuring LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers facing the New Orleans Pelicans were the tops in sports cable ratings on Friday night. The NBA game aired from 9:35-12:32am ET while Bellator’s event aired from 9-11:18pm ET.
| Bellator | Ratings | Date |
| 135 | 607,000 | 3/27/2015 |
| 136 | 655,000 | 4/10/2015 |
| 137 | 594,000 | 5/15/2015 |
| 138 | 1,580,000 | 6/19/2015 |
| 139 | 764,000 | 6/26/2015 |
| 140 | 722,000 | 7/17/2015 |
| 141 | 666,000 | 8/28/2015 |
| 142 | 800,000 | 9/21/2015 |
| 143 | 669,000 | 9/28/2015 |
| 144 | 555,000 | 10/23/2015 |
| 145 | 814,000 | 11/6/2015 |
| 146 | 650,000 | 11/20/2015 |
| 147 | 656,000 | 12/4/2015 |
The promotion has averaged 749,000 viewers on Spike TV since the network began to promote its Friday Night’s as the combat sports night. Since then, Glory is no longer on the network and PBC events have not garnered strong ratings.
Payout Perspective:
Friday’s event was slightly better than Bellator 146. The card did not feature big names but maintained steady ratings as 2015 comes to a close.
You mean 2015 comes to a close…
Good year for Coker
If Bellator hyped its stuff as much as the UFC, it would draw more viewers.
But alas, Bellator’s fans are much more evolved and won’t buy into hypes as much as UFC fanboys do.
Coker suggesting they’ll do 25 events next year. More tentpoles and the live show going overseas!
YESSSSSSS!
WAR PROMOTER WARS!