Bellator 132 drew an average viewership of 767,000 viewers according to Nielsen. The main event between Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and Daniel Straus drew 1.1 million viewers. The show peaked during the main event with 1.2 million viewers at 11:21 p.m. ET. It was the first show for Bellator MMA in 2015 and took place at […]
Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA programming Friday draws 654K average
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that Friday night’s Bellator MMA programming drew an average viewership of approximately 654,000 viewers. Bellator MMA Presents: “Top 20 Knockouts” at 9pm on Friday night drew an average of 713,000 viewers. “15 Fantastic Finishes” at 10pm drew an average of 594,000 viewers. Both served as year in reviews […]
Citing Bellator breach, Rampage Jackson rejoins UFC
On Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night 58 broadcast, Jon Anik announced that the UFC had re-signed Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. The news comes with controversy as Bellator President Scott Coker stated that Jackson is under exclusive contract with the Viacom-owned company. The signing of Jackson will likely be the start of a legal battle between the […]
Bellator 131 replay: 617,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Friday night’s encore presentation of Bellator 131 drew an average viewership of 617,000 viewers peaking with 821,000 viewers. Bellator 131 featured Tito Ortiz narrowly defeating Stephan Bonnar in the main event. The event was the largest for the promotion as it drew the highest attendance in […]
Bellator 131 Live + 3 viewership boosts overall telecast to 1.4M, peak over 2.2M
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the Live + 3 day viewership of Saturday’s Bellator 131 peaked with 2,246,000 viewers and was over 2 million viewers for more than half of the Ortiz-Bonnar main event. The overall event adjusted viewership came up to 1.4 million. In addition, the Ortiz-Bonnar fight drew an […]