MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for UFC 166 which took place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. UFC drew a reported 17,238 for a gate of $2.5 million. Bonuses of the night, which could have gone to a variety of individuals, were as follows: Fight of the Night: Gilbert Melendez-Diego Sanchez […]
Thursday night ratings: UFC 165 re-air and Rampage 4 Real
MMA Payout has learned that the re-air of UFC 165 scored an average of 449,000 viewers on FS1. On Spike TV, the first of a three part documentary on Rampage Jackson leading up to the Bellator PPV received 404,000 viewers. Last month’s PPV featured the five round fight between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson. The […]
TUF 18 Episode 7: 672,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that last night’s episode of TUF received an average viewership of 672,000 viewers. It reflects a drop of more than 50,000 viewers from the previous week. TUF 18 Episodes Episode 1: 762,000 viewers Episode 2: 870,000 viewers Episode 3: 639,000 viewers Episode 4: 778,000 viewers Episode 5: 640,000 viewers Episode 6: 725,000 viewers Episode 7: 672,000 viewers Payout Perspective: It […]
Bellator 103 drops in ratings from previous week
Bellator MMA Live 103 showed a significant drop from last Friday as initial ratings from last Friday night showed an average viewership of 539,000 with a peak of 729,000 viewers. Bellator 98 – 437,000 viewers Bellator 99 – 660,000 viewers, 704,000 DVR+3 Bellator 100 – 700,000 viewers, 736,000 DVR+3 Bellator 101 – 649,000 viewers, 710,000 DVR +3 Bellator 102 […]
UFC contemplates expanding production arm
The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) reports that last month Dana White and UFC senior vice president of production and operations Craig Borsari began work to create non-UFC sports programming in hopes of it landing on Fox Sports. Although nothing specific was provided, White said the programming would resemble the “Countdown” shows it does to […]