Bellator 156 drew 482,000 viewers on Spike TV in live plus same day viewership according to Sports TV Ratings. The ratings reflect a drop of over 25% since Bellator 155 last month.
In the main event, Eduardo Dantas defeated Marcos Galvao via unanimous decision. According to Sports TV Ratings, Bellator 156 drew 233,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo.
Payout Perspective:
The US Open Golf tournament was the most-watched live sporting event on cable this past Friday drawing near 1 million viewers for its 8-hour coverage on FS1. WSOF also had an event on Friday night which went head-to-head with Bellator. The ratings are disappointing but with the quarterly tentpole event coming up this Friday we should see Bellator bounce back.
all combat sports are seeing less viewership right now it seems.