MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source the Live +3 rating for Bellator 129 saw an increase to 683,000 viewers. The Live +3 peak jumped to 948,000 from 780,000. Bellator 129 saw the biggest rise in Live + 3 ratings of season 11. Payout Perspective: Bellator 129 was not a great card and it […]
HBO Boxing tops events so far in 2014
ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted out the top live, first-time airings of boxing events for 2014. Notably, the top 10 are all HBO events. Chavez-Vera 2 (HBO) 1.39M (peak 1.53M) GGG-Rubio (HBO) 1.304M (peak1.323M) Crawford-Gamboa (HBO) 1.208M (peak 1.286M) Marquez-Alvarado (HBO) 1.198M (peak 1.322M) Donaire-Walters (HBO) 1.088M Provodnikov-Algieri (HBO) 1.017M Salido-Lomachenko (HBO) 1.017M Kovalev-Agnew (HBO) 1.006M […]
Cain out of UFC 180 due to injury
The UFC announced that Cain Velasquez is out of UFC 180 with a right knee injury. As a result, Mark Hunt is stepping in to replace him to face Fabricio Werdum for the interim Heavyweight title. The knee injury suffered by Velasquez occurred during training on October 16th or 17th. According to MMA Fighting, he […]
Cung Le suspension lifted by UFC
The UFC announced Tuesday that it has rescinded the 12 month suspension of Cung Le. The news comes as a surprise considering Le and the UFC were heading to arbitration over the suspension. Via UFC.com: At UFC Fight Night Macao on August 23rd, UFC contracted with an independent drug testing laboratory in Hong Kong to […]
Bellator 129 posts lowest ratings of season
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Friday’s Bellator 129 received a season low of 564,000 viewers with a peak of just 780,000. It was the worst output of the season for Bellator. Bellator Season 11 overnight ratings Bellator 123: 667,000 Bellator 124: 771,000 Bellator 125: 742,000 Bellator 126: 656,000 Bellator 127: 609,000 […]