MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Friday night’s Bellator MMA Summer Series on Spike TV drew an average viewership of 582,000 total viewers. The peak for Bellator 122 occurred during the co-main event of Brandon Halsey defeating Brett Cooper which drew 807,000 viewers. The overnight rating is down from last Friday’s re-air […]
UFC apparel deal likely to feature Rousey
UFC Senior Vice President Mike Mossholder states that Ronda Rousey will likely be the face of the UFC’s first official outfitting deal according to reports on FoxSports.com and AdWeek. Although Mossholder did not indicate the clothier, he stated that the UFC were in active negotiations with a “premium apparel line” per the AdWeek article. But, […]
The Wrestling Post: Spike TV does not renew TNA Impact Wrestling
TMZ Sports first reported that TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV will not be renewed by the network. The company has been with Spike TV since October 2005. While ratings usually hover around 1.2 million viewers on Thursday nights and once served as lead-in for Bellator, the promotion has fallen on hard times. Attendance and […]
UFC on Fox 12 overnight rating: 2.02 million viewers
MMA Fighting reports that the overnight ratings for Saturday’s UFC on Fox 12 drew an average of 2.02 million viewers in overnight ratings. According to Television By Numbers, it tied with NBC for highest rated show on network television in its time slot. UPDATED 07/28/14: "UFC on Fox 12" gets 1.6 overnight rating for card […]
UFC on Fox 12 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for Saturday’s UFC on Fox 12. Fights featured on the main card received all of the bonuses for the night. Matt Brown and Robbie Lawler won for Fight of the Night while Dennis Bermudez and Anthony Johnson won performance bonuses. Bermudez submitted Clay Guida and Johnson KO’d […]