The New York Times reports on Bellator 149 tonight mainly focusing on Kimbo Slice’s return to the television. Regardless of his ability, the former street fighter has produced ratings and Friday night should not be any different. The brief NYT article characterizes Bellator as a “smaller mixed martial arts organization” that uses “card attention-grabbing fights […]
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Coker announces Bellator Kickboxing coming to Spike TV
MMA Junkie reports that Bellator is planning to open a kickboxing division come April on Spike TV. Scott Coker and executive made the announcement on Thursday. The first event will occur on the network on April 16 in co-promtoion with Oktagon Kickboxing. The event will take place in Turin, Italy. A Bellator MMA event will […]
Bellator 148 draws 566,000 viewers
Bellator MMA 148 drew 566,000 viewers on Friday night according to Sports TV Ratings. The event is off approximately 18% from the last Bellator event this past December. The event on Friday featured Paul Daley in his first round KO of Andy Uhrich. His quick work sets up his fight with Josh Koscheck nicely. Bellator […]
Bellator signs Bendo
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 […]
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 […]