PBC on Spike TV this past Friday night drew 513,000 viewers a cording to Sports TV Ratings. The ratings show a 40% drop from its April 1 event. In the main event, Andre Dirrell defeated Blake Caparello despite Direll being knocked down in the fight. According to Sports TV Ratings, it registered just 180,000 viewers […]
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PBC on Fox draws 1.51 million viewers
Premier Boxing Champions on Fox drew 1.51 million viewers Saturday night according to TV By the Numbers. It was fourth in its time slot in terms of overall viewers. The event featured the rematch between Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz. Berto stopped Ortiz in the fourth round despite going down to Ortiz earlier in the […]
UFC 197: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. Better later than never, we write about UFC 197 taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with the return of Jon Jones. Jones takes care of OSP Jon Jones returned to the UFC octagon to handily defeat Ovince St. Preux via unanimous decision. OSP was a late replacement […]
Bellator Kickboxing’s debut draws 346,000 on SpikeTV
Bellator Kickboxing last Friday drew an average rating of 346,000 on Spike TV per Nielsen. The debut of the promotion’s kickboxing followed Bellator 153. Notably, per Nielsen the first hour of Bellator Kickboxing averaged 464,000 viewers and peaked with 730,000. Payout Perspective: The debut of Bellator’s foray into kickboxing promotion did well considering it was […]