MMA Payout had the opportunity to talk with Sean O’Neill, Vice President of Research at Spike TV to discuss the basics of ratings. While many report on ratings all the time, it’s rare that they are ever explained. Thus, we did a “Ratings 101” with Mr. O’Neill to go over the basics and explain what […]
Tito Ortiz shows up on TNA Impact Wresting
Tito Ortiz showed up at the end of TNA Wrestling’s Impact show Thursday night as the “mystery man” the promotion had been billing as the #August1Warning. A day earlier, at Bellator 97 Ortiz showed up as the “mystery” opponent for Rampage Jackson to face on Bellator’s first PPV November 2nd. Ortiz’s appearance will serve as […]
Bellator 97: 679,000 viewer average, Fight Master: 629,000 viewer average
Rampage-Tito on first Bellator PPV
During Bellator’s live event Wednesday night, it was announced that Rampage Jackson would meet Tito Ortiz on Bellator’s first ever pay per view on November 2nd in Long Beach, California. The announcement was somewhat of a surprise considering most had thought that Jackson would be boxing Roy Jones, Jr. Via Bellator press release: “To have […]
Updated ratings for Fight Master, UFC on Fox 8 and WWE Divas
We have updated ratings for last week’s Fight Master episode, this past Saturday’s UFC on Fox 8 and WWE Divas. While Fight Master’s DVR +3 rating and UFC on Fox 8 updated ratings boosted the numbers respectively, the debut of E!’s new reality show about the WWE women did well. Updated Fight Master DVR +3 […]