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. […]
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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 […]
Bellator 195 peaked at 745,00 viewers
Bellator 195 peaked with 745,000 viewers on Friday night on the Paramount Network. The event featured Darrion Caldwell’s defense of his featherweight title as he submitted Leonard Higo in the very first round. The ratings are on par with the past three Bellator telecasts, none of which surpassed 500,000 viewers. The peak viewership is on […]
Bellator 195 draws 465,000 viewers
Bellator MMA Live 195 on Friday night on Paramount drew 465,000 viewers according to Nielsen. The event featured Darrion Caldwell as he faced Leandro Higo. Caldwell successfully defended his Bellator bantamweight belt against Higo with a guillotine choke submission in the very first round. It’s the third straight Bellator telecast drawing less than 500,000 viewers. […]
Jon Fitch signs with Bellator
Jon Fitch has signed with Bellator according to a company release. Previously, Fitch had been associated with the Professional Fighters League. The press release did not state a debut date for Fitch but he enters a welterweight division with Rory MacDonald, Douglas Lima, Paul Daley, Michael Page to name a few. Fitch, the PFL welterweight […]