Benson Henderson and Jon Jones talk about their commitment to Christianity in an upcoming documentary entitled, “Fight Church,” as reported by Deadline.com. The documentary follows pastors that moonlight as mixed martial artists. Henderson and Jones are interviewed for this feature-length documentary which appears to grapple with the idea that men that teach the Bible also […]
Bellator 114 DVR +3: 800K, peak over 1 million
MMA Payout has learned via Nielsen sources that the DVR +3 numbers for Friday’s Bellator MMA Live drew 800,000 viewers. Its peak was once again over 1 million viewers The peak occurred during the main event of Shlemenko/Ward. It was exactly at 10:58 p.m. when the telecast hit 1,030,000 average viewers. Bellator MMA – 110 […]
Debate sparks over Fund a Fighter alternative to sponsorships
The state of sponsorships was brought up once again by dueling MMA Junkie articles which looked at the ways fighters can find additional revenue in what appears to be a dwindling sponsorship market. The first article took a look at the MMA “crowd funding” in the form of Fund a Fighter. Essentially, the purpose of […]
WSOF 9: 242,000 viewer average
The World Series of Fighting 9 which took place this past Saturday night in Las Vegas drew an average of 242,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network per Nielsen sources. The rating is the second-highest viewership in WSOF’s history. WSOF 1 – 198,000 viewers WSOF 2 – 210,000 viewers WSOF 3 – 201,000 viewers WSOF 4 – 264,000 viewers […]
Bellator 114: 711K viewer average
MMA Payout has learned that Bellator 114 this past Friday night received an average viewership of 711,000 viewers which us up 40% from Bellator 113. The peak viewership occurred in the last quarter hour of the show during the main event. Bellator MMA – 110 880,000, overnight; 1.1M Peak Bellator MMA – 111 653,000, overnight; […]