Bellator 159 drew 709,000 in adjusted DVR+3 ratings and peaked with 1,015,000 viewers last Firday night. The event improved upon the 668,000 viewers in overnight ratings. It ws the number 1 ranked sports programming on cable on Friday. Despite representing just a 6% increase from the overnight ratings, it was good enough to be the […]
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Bellator 159 draws 668,000 viewers
Bellator MMA 159 on Friday night drew 668,000 viewers per Sports TV Ratings. It’s an approximately 17% increase from last week’s tape delay event from London. Bellator 159 featured Darrion Caldwell taking on Joe Taimanglo in the main event. Taimanglo scored the upset with a submission victory over Caldwell. The event on Friday night drew […]
Tape delayed Bellator 158 draws 556,000
Bellator MMA 158 on Saturday drew an average viewership of 556,000 viewers on Spike TV per Sports TV Ratings. The tape delayed event from the UK featured Paul Daley vs. Douglas Lima but the highlight of the night was Michael Page’s knee knockout of Cyborg Santos. The flying knee caused Santos to undergo surgery for […]
Rampage main event at Dynamite 2 draws over 1M viewers
Rampage Jackson’s win over Satoshi Ishii at Dynamite 2 on Spike TV Friday night drew 1,040,000 viewers per Nielsen. The main event peaked with 1,140,000 viewers. Overall the 3-hour broadcast on Spike TV Friday night drew 675,000 viewers in adjusted DVR+3 ratings. In overnight (Live + SD) ratings, Dynamite 2 drew 601,000 viewers. In addition, […]
Bellator Kickboxing draws 418,000 in second event
Bellator Kickboxing on Spike TV Friday night drew 418,000 viewers which is an increase from its debut. Per Sports TV Ratings, it drew 210,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. The event aired (10:59pm-12:40am) immediately after Bellator 157. In April, Bellator Kickboxing drew an average of 346,000 viewers. It averaged 464,000 for the first hour […]