Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 drew 601,000 viewers on Spike TV Friday night per Nielsen. The event is a 25% drop from September 2015’s debut of the MMA/Kickboxing show on the network. Bellator 157 featured Rampage Jackson facing Satoshi Ishii in the main event. Jackson won via split division in an uninspired catchweight matchup. The event […]
Bellator MMA
Bellator 156 updated ratings
The adjusted rating for last Friday’s Bellator 156 on Spike TV drew 538,000 viewers. The increase includes the DVR + 3 rating for the event. Bellator 156 peaked at 707,000 viewers at 10:19 pm ET. The main event featured Marcos Galvao taking Eduardo Dantas. Dantas earned the unanimous decision. The overnight viewership for Friday’s card […]
Bellator 156: 482,000 viewers
Bellator 156 drew 482,000 viewers on Spike TV in live plus same day viewership according to Sports TV Ratings. The ratings reflect a drop of over 25% since Bellator 155 last month. In the main event, Eduardo Dantas defeated Marcos Galvao via unanimous decision. According to Sports TV Ratings, Bellator 156 drew 233,000 viewers in […]
Spike TV to air tribute to Kimbo Slice prior to Bellator 157
Spike TV will air a one-hour special paying tribute to Kimbo “Kevin Ferguson” Slice who passed away on Monday. The special will air prior to Bellator’s quarterly tentpole event, Bellator 157: Dynamite 2. Slice passed away on Monday, June 6th. He was 42 years old. According to a report, Slice passed away of heart failure […]
Bellator 155 peaks at 916,000 viewers
Bellator 155 last Friday peaked at 916,000 viewers per Nielsen. The main event between Rafael Carvahlho and Melvin Manhoef averaged 812,000 viewers. The overall event, factoring in the adjusted numbers, came to 715,000 viewers and was the second most-watched live sporting event on last Friday. Peak viewership for last 3 Bellators Bellator 153: Henderson-Koreshkov 1.1M […]