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 […]
Glory 11 scores 381K viewer average Saturday night
Kickboxing promotion Glory’s televised event, Glory 11 from Chicago on Spike TV on Saturday night drew an average audience of 381,000 viewers with a peak of 782,000. According to The MMA Report, the peak viewership of 782,000 occurred during the first quarter hour of the show. The lead-in for Glory was a re-run of Cops […]
FS1 to reair UFC 165 PPV on Thursday
MMA Junkie reports that FS1 will air the UFC 165 main card in its entirety on Thursday. The card was highlighted by Jon Jones’ title defense against Alesander Gustaffson. The PPV replay airs as part of a special three-part special “UFC Reloaded” starting at 5pm PT/8PM ET. In addition to Jones-Gus, you will also get […]