MMA Payout has learned that last Friday’s Bellator MMA Live received an average viewership of 615,000 with a peak of 800,000 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 – 675,000 viewers. 774,000 […]
Sonnen-Wandy announced as coaches for TUF Brazil
Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva will coach the next season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil. The announcement was made during a much-hyped edition of Fox Sports Live. Dana White was interviewed by Sonnen on a segment of Fox Sports Live in which White revealed that Sonnen and Silva would be the coaches for TUF Brazil. […]
UFC 166: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 166 in Houston, Texas which featured the third fight between Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez. Cain stops JDS in 5th Despite a couple shots that hurt Cain early, Velasquez dominated the third fight of the trilogy and eventually stopped […]
UFC 166 attendance, gate and bonuses
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 […]