Bellator 153 drew 618,000 viewers on Friday night on Spike TV according to Sports TV Ratings. The rating is a modest 6% increase from last week’s tape delayed show Saturday night from Italy. The main event was the highly anticipated promotional debut of Benson Henderson. Unfortunately, the former UFC lightweight champion was dominated by current […]
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Bellator 152 on Spike TV draws 580,000 viewers
Bellator 152 drew an average of 580,000 viewers on Spike TV Saturday according to Sports TV Ratings. It was the first Bellator event overseas as the card took place in Turin, Italy. In the main event of the broadcast, Patricky Frieire defeated Eimilson Souza. The event, which lasted from 8:00-10:02pm PT, drew 271,000 viewers in […]
Bellator 151 DVR+3 numbers reflect peak viewership of 1.1M
Bellator 151 drew 838,000 viewers on Spike TV last Friday in DVR +3 adjusted viewership numbers. The show peaked with 1.1 million viewers during the Darrion Caldwell-Joe Warren fight. The Caldwell-Warren fight averaged 861,000 viewers. The event averaged 768,000 viewers in overnight viewership. Bellator live events in 2016 are averaging 1.2 million viewers thanks to […]
Bellator 151 draws 768,000 viewers
Bellator 151 on Friday on Spike TV drew an overnight rating of 768,000 viewers according to Sports TV Ratings. The ratings represent a modest increase of 5% from Bellator 150 two weeks ago. In the main event of Friday’s fights, Darrion Caldwell submitted Joe Warren after he suplexed him on his head. It was an impressive […]
Bellator 150 DVR ratings up to 809,000
According to Nielsen, the adjusted viewership of Friday night’s Bellator 150 drew 809,000 viewer with a peak of 984,000. The main event featuring Cheick Kongo received 866,000 viewers. The overnight ratings saw Bellator 150 average 733,000 viewers and the increase of over 75,000 viewers exceeds the normal DVR bump Bellator usually receives in non-tentpole events. […]