MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the World Series of Fighting 15 Saturday night on drew 179,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network up against stiff competition from both the UFC and Bellator. The main event featured David Branch defeating Yushin Okami via TKO. In the semi-main event, Justin Gaethje defeated Melvin Guillard […]
UFC 180 Prelims: 624,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned form a Nielsen source that the UFC 180 Prelims on FS1 Saturday drew an average of 624,000 viewers for its two hour show between 8:00-10:00pm (5:00-7:00pm). The prelims on Saturday peaked in the 9:45-10pm quarter hour (6:45-7pm west coast) with 771,000 total viewers (Live + SD) according to Nielsen. UFC PPV […]
Bellator 131 – Payout Perspective
Bellator 131 produces big ratings on SpikeTV
Bellator 131 on Saturday night drew a record 1.8 million viewers and peaked at 2 million during the Tito Ortiz-Stephan Bonnar fight per a Spike TV press release. The average for the overall event drew 1.24 million viewers. Via Spike TV press release: Bellator 131 knocked out the competition on Saturday, November 15 with record […]
UFC does not produce at “The Time is Now”
The UFC hyped up a big announcement for Monday afternoon. However, the news came as a disappointment to most as the UFC released its 2015 calendar with Dana White making a subtle reference that the big announcement did not get done in time. It was disappointing that there was no follow up (at least from […]