MMA Payout has learned from Spike TV sources that Friday’s Bellator 99 received an average viewership of 660,000 with its peak at 809,000 viewers during its main event. An immediate replay scored an average of 435,000 viewers. The total viewership was 1,095,000 on Friday night. Bellator 99 represents a bump from Bellator 98 of 437,000 […]
Bellator 98 replay show ratings increase from live show
Ratings for a replay of Bellator 98 on Thursday were up as compared to its live viewing last Saturday night. Thursday’s airing scored 556,000 viewers as opposed to 437,000 viewers for its live viewing. Bellator 98’s lead-in, TNA Impact Wrestling scored 1.3 million viewers for a 0.5 share. The numbers were impressive for a night […]
PTI claims Boxing dead
Want to raise passion among combat sport fans? Advise the world the death of a sport. This happened with ESPN Pardon The Interruption recently as Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, the Stadler and Waldorf of the network talking heads decried that boxing was dead. Certainly, a part of this proclamation was to ignite a fire. […]
Riddle’s retirement comments draw White’s ire
MMA Junkie reports on the inauspicious retirement of Matthew Riddle. Fed up with the state of MMA, Riddle voiced his displeasure with Bellator and the UFC. According to Riddle he has made an average of $50,000 a year with the UFC. He was released from the UFC due to failing multiple drug tests. An injury […]
The Ultimate Fighter 18 Ep 2: 870,000 viewers
Television By Numbers reports that the second episode of The Ultimate Fighter on FS1 grabbed a viewer average of 870,000 for a 0.5 share. The Wednesday night rating is an increase from its debut last week. TUF featuring Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate received an all-time debut low for the series with 762,000 viewers in […]