Bellator 173 this past Friday night drew 618,000 viewers in DVR +3 ratings. The main event peaked at 856,000 viewers. The adjusted viewership ratings are a vast decline from the past 3 Bellator offerings this year. Then again, there was not much on this past Friday unless you were a hardcore Bellator fan. Bellator Overnight […]
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Bellator 172 peaked at 1.2M viewers
Bellator 172 this past Saturday on Spike TV drew 873,000 viewers in DVR +3 ratings per Nielsen. The event peaked at 1.2 million viewers. This past Saturday featured Patricky Freire and Josh Thomson as the original main event was scrapped due to an injury to Matt Mitrione. Bellator Overnight A18-49 Peak DVR + 3 Bellator […]
Freire, Kongo and Koscheck top Bellator 172 payouts
MMA Fighting reports the payouts from Bellator 172 this past Saturday night. The salaries were released by the California State Athletic Commission. Via MMA Fighting: Patricky Freire ($40,000 + $40,000 = $80,000) def. Josh Thomson ($10,000) Cheick Kongo ($75,000 + no win bonus = $75,000) def. Oli Thompson ($25,000) Anatoly Tokov ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) […]
Bellator 172 draws 807,000 viewers
Bellator MMA drew 807,000 viewers on Saturday night on Spike TV per Sports TV Ratings. The event also drew 407,000 in the adult 18-49 demo. The main event was to be Matt Mitrione and Fedor Emelianenko but that fell through just hours before the show was to start. The event went on with Josh Thomson […]
Bellator 171 peaked at 1.1M viewers on Friday
Bellator 171 this past Friday drew 795,000 viewers and peaked at 1.1 million during the Rickels-Derrow fight per Nielsen. The event was ranked #3 overall in all of cable live sports programming. The DVR+3 number increases the overnight rating of 720,000 reported two days ago. The increase is on par with Bellator events. Bellator 2017 […]