Former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson has signed with Bellator MMA. Henderson made the announcement on his web site on Monday. Henderson’s last fight with the UFC was in November in South Korea. Perhaps a sign that he would not return, after his win Henderson casually took off his UFC gloves in the Octagon. Henderson thanked […]
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Bellator 146 draws 650,000 viewers
Bellator 146 drew an average viewership of 650,000 viewers Friday night on Spike TV per Sports TV Ratings. The ratings reflect an increase from its last non-tentpole event. UPDATED 11/24/2015: per Nielsen sources, the peak for the event on Friday was 867,000. Bellator 144 drew an average viewership of 555,000 viewers. Friday’s event which featured […]
Bellator announces events outside US in ’16
UFC Fight Night 77 draws 757K viewers; prelims score 609K
The main card of UFC Fight Night 77 Saturday night on FS1 drew an average viewership of 757,000 viewers. The prelims drew an average viewership of 609,000 on FS1 per Sports TV Ratings. The main card which aired from 10pm-12:56pm ET on Saturday night featured the third fight between Dan Henderson and Vitor Belfort. The […]
Spike TV to air “Breakfast with Fedor” on New Year’s Eve Day
Bellator MMA announced a New Year’s Eve TV event featuring Fedor Emelianenko. The 3 hour program will air on SpikeTV December 31st at 10am ET/PT. Spike will begin its coverage of the Rizin World Fighting Grand-Prix with Fedor fighting an unnamed opponent in the main event. In addition, King Mo Lawal will fight in an […]