Bellator 171 drew 720,000 viewers on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. The event also drew 310,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 category. In the main event, Chidi Njokuani defeated Melvin Guillard via unanimous decision. Also of note, David Rickels did a pretty cool Mannequin Challenge in which the fans assisted for his […]
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Ortiz-Sonnen drew 2.2M viewers on Spike TV
Bellator 170 drew 2.2 million viewers for the main event between Tito Ortiz and Chael Sonnen on Spike TV on Saturday night. The Paul Daley-Brennan Ward fight drew 2 million viewers as well. The entire 3 hour telecast drew 1.5 million viewers in adjusted DVR+3 ratings. Notable DVR+3 main events for Bellator on Spike TV: […]
Bellator 170: 1.374M viewers on Spike TV
Bellator 170 drew 1.374 million viewers on Saturday night on Spike TV per Sports TV Ratings. It peaked at 1.85 million viewers during the Chael Sonnen-Tito Ortiz fight per Spike TV. Sports TV Ratings notes that it drew 703,000 in the A18-49 demo. Spike TV notes that the co-main event between Paul Daley and Brennan […]
Update on Bellator 169 ratings
Bellator 169 drew 699,000 viewers in DVR +3 ratings per Nielsen. The event peaked with 965,000 viewers. The event, which aired on Friday on tape delay drew 965,000 viewers. The event featured King Mo Lawal as he defeated Satoshi Ishii in Dublin, Ireland. It was the most-watched international Bellator MMA event to date. The event […]
16 for 16: No. 14 Bellator 149
In match-ups that reflect the organization’s penchant for odd attractions, Bellator 149 featured former street fighters Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 and fighters past their prime Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie. Actually, you could argue that all four of the featured fighters should not have been in the cage on February 19th. Yet, it was […]