Bellator MMA Live 212 drew 285,000 on Friday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event was the first of two shows taking place in Honolulu with the first event airing on Paramount.
The second event aired on DAZN exclusively. Friday’s event also aired on DAZN.
On Friday night Michael Chandler regained the Bellator lightweight title from Brent Primus. We also saw Javy Ayala tap out Frank Mir to strikes.
| Bellator | |
| Rating | |
| 192 | 770,000 |
| 193 | 470,000 |
| 194 | 476,000 |
| 195 | 465,000 |
| 196 | 420,000 |
| 197 | 242,000 |
| 198 | 598,000 |
| 199 | 605,000 |
| 200 | 421,000 |
| 201 | 466,000 |
| 202 | 405,000 |
| 203 | 471,000 |
| 204 | 319,000 |
| 205 | 346,000 |
| 206 | DAZN |
| 207 | 416,000 |
| 208 | 521,000 |
| 209 | 381,000 |
| 210 | 270,000 |
| 211 | 207,000 |
| 212 | 285,000 |
Payout Perspective:
It’s been a down year for Bellator ratings one would think that the DAZN partnership might alleviate some concern about visibility of the promotion. The average viewership for 2018 is 428,000 viewers with the last 4 events not clearing the 400,000 viewers threshold. In comparison, 2017 averaged 614,000 viewers with no event below 394,000 viewers. This year there were 7 fights under 394,000 viewers.
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