Bellator MMA Friday night on Paramount drew 405,000 viewers per Nielsen according to ShowBuzz Daily. In the main event of the telecast, Julia Budd defeated Talita Nogueira via TKO to retain her Bellator Featherweight title. Notably, Budd has not lost an MMA fight since a 2011 bout to Ronda Rousey in Strikeforce. The event drew […]
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Bellator 201 draws 466,000 viewers
Bellator 201 drew 466,000 viewers on Friday night on The Paramount Network according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The ratings were an increase over Bellator 200. The main event featured two women as Ilima-Lei Macfarlane defended her flyweight title against Alejandra Lara. Macfarlane got Lara to tap to an armbar in the third round. In […]
Bellator draws 598,000 viewers on Paramount, 169,000 viewers on CMT Saturday
Bellator 198 drew 598,000 viewers on the Paramount Network Saturday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily It added an additional 169,000 viewers on CMT. The event featured Fedor Emelianenko taking on Frank Mir in the first round of the Heavyweight Grand Prix. Fedor stopped Mir in the first round in a short, but exciting […]
[UPDATED with CA ratings] Bellator MMA draws just 242K on Paramount Network
Bellator MMA drew just 242,000 viewers on The Paramount Network Friday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The simulcast on CMT drew an additional 161,000. In the main event, Michael Chandler defeated Brandon Girtz in the first round via technical submission with an arm triangle choke after Girtz was put to sleep with the submission. […]
Bellator 196 draws 420,000 viewers on Paramount
Bellator 196 drew 420,000 viewers on the Paramount Network Friday night. The event featured Benson Henderson taking on Robert Huerta in Budapest, Hungary. This past Friday’s event was the fourth one this year under 500,000 viewers with just one event over 500,000. The event drew 0.14 in the A18-49 demo per ShowBuzz Daily. Payout Perspective […]