Bellator 161 drew an average rating of 686,000 viewers on Friday night on Spike TV per Sports TV Ratings. The event ratings represent a slight decrease from last month’s event.
The event which featured Cheick Kongo taking on Tony Johnson drew 330,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. Kongo earned the majority decision over Johnson.
Payout Perspective:
The 2016 average is 736,500 but if you take away the huge tentpole event of 149, it is 642,000. College Football on Friday night was the big sports event on cable with a game between Baylor-Rice drawing 1.454M viewers on ESPN. The viewership looks to be on par with what it has been throughout this year.
Weak show with an awful main event of fatties.