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Bellator 82: 156,000 viewers

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MMA Junkie reports that Bellator 82 received a viewer average of 156,000 viewers.  It brings the average of Season 7 to 165,000 viewers. Bellator 82 featured the final for the welterweight tournament. Bellator 74: 190,000 viewers Bellator 75: 145,000 Bellator 76: 175,000 Bellator 77: 149,000 Bellator 78: 154,000 Bellator 79:  220,000 Bellator 80:  148,000 Bellator 81:  149,000 Bellator 82: 156,000 Payout […]

TUF 16 episode 11: 804,000 viewers

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MMA Junkie reports that the 11th episode of TUF 16 drew a 804,000 viewer average.  Television By Numbers reports it received a 0.4 rating in the 18-49 age demo. TUF 16 Episode 1: 947,000 TUF 16 Episode 2: 872,000 TUF 16 Episode 3: 775,000 TUF 16 Episode 4: 1.1 million TUF 16 Episode 5: 624,000 […]

TUF moving to Tuesdays?

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MMA Junkie reports that The Ultimate Fighter may be moving to Tuesday nights starting in 2013 with Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen as coaches. The move takes the show off of Fridays which has had poor ratings since airing on Fridays. The news is based on an ad placed in the UFC’s magazine as no […]

Homeless Dana cameo criticized

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UFC head Dana White starred as a homeless man during the NFL pregame show on Fox yesterday to promote this Saturday’s UFC on Fox 5.  While most thought the Fox synergy was innocuous in one of the show’s weekly skits, some took to twitter to criticize White for his depiction of the homeless. White had […]

Fortune Magazine features Bellator’s Rebney

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Fortune Magazine (via CNN Money) ran a feature on Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney this past week.  The article covers Rebney’s background from construction defect attorney to CEO of a MMA organization. Rebney’s passion for MMA had him criss-crossing the country looking for investors and going into personal debt.  A meeting with a hedge fund contact […]