MMA Payout has learned from Spike TV sources that this past Friday’s showing of Bellator MMA Live (101) scored an average viewership of 649,000 viewers with its peak at 932,000 viewers. The event airing from 9pm-11:08pm (PT) from Portland, Oregon featured Joe Warren as he defeated Nick Kirk. An immediate repeat of the event on […]
Judge dismisses Zuffa’s First Amendment claim in New York lawsuit
HBO Boxing averages 1.4 million for Chavez, Jr. fight
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported via tweet that ratings for HBO Boxing’s Saturday night of fights did its best for 2013. The main event which featured Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. win a controversial decision over Brian Vera garnered an average of 1.416 million viewers. In addition to Chavez, Jr.’s fight, the night also had Adonis Stevenson […]
Wanderlei shoots wrestling-inspired promo
Wanderlei Silva confronted Chael Sonnen in a pro wrestling-type promotional video which is posted on his YouTube channel. Silva confronted Sonnen at the Mr. Olympia exhibition held this past weekend in Las Vegas. The video has over 548,000 views on Silva’s YouTube channel. Payout Perspective: Is this something that MMA fans want to see? Its […]
Bellator releases first promo for PPV
Bellator has released its first promotional video for its first PPV scheduled for Saturday, November 2nd. In the promotion, it features Rampage Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez. Payout Perspective: Interesting move for Bellator to feature Rampage and Tito without real mention of the Bellator promotion. Obviously, its the hope that fans will […]