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Update on Bellator 169 ratings

December 21, 2016 by Jason Cruz 3 Comments

Bellator 169 drew 699,000 viewers in DVR +3 ratings per Nielsen.  The event peaked with 965,000 viewers.

The event, which aired on Friday on tape delay drew 965,000 viewers.  The event featured King Mo Lawal as he defeated Satoshi Ishii in Dublin, Ireland.  It was the most-watched international Bellator MMA event to date.

The event drew 643,000 viewers in live + SD ratings.  It was the best showing for a Bellator TV event since September 2016.  Friday’s event was the highest peak since Bellator 167 peaked at 967,000.

Filed Under: Bellator, Bellator MMA, DVR+3, ratings, Spike, TV

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  1. Cutch says

    December 21, 2016 at 11:16 am

    Are Bellator the only “sport” that does the DVR + 3 ratings? They used to do the same with the UFC but DVR wasn’t as used back then.

    I would like all sports to be live, that includes certain Boxing fights on HBO & Showtime tape delayed in the west coast and even the London Olympics aired on tape delay

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  2. Sergio says

    December 21, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    Just curious?…do you guys know how the Bellator Kickboxing is doing? the shows seem to be every few months but are poorly promoted here in the states however I was told that they are very popular overseas n well promoted..if you follow kickboxing they got some fairly big names n talent.The cards are usually pretty entertaining but feel rushed only 3x3minute rounds..however from what I read,some appeal to Bellator Kickboxing will be that some of the recent UFC signed guys IE Ben Henderson,Rory Mcdonald,Matt Mitrione,Vanderlie Silva n some of the Bellator fighters will be able to compete in Kickboxing matches so that has some appeal to it but for what it is Bellator Kickboxing is pretty good

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  3. Cutch says

    December 21, 2016 at 7:05 pm

    They did just over 300,000

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