MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the World Series of Fighting 15 Saturday night on drew 179,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network up against stiff competition from both the UFC and Bellator. The main event featured David Branch defeating Yushin Okami via TKO. In the semi-main event, Justin Gaethje defeated Melvin Guillard […]
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Bellator 131 – Payout Perspective
Bellator 131 produces big ratings on SpikeTV
Bellator 131 on Saturday night drew a record 1.8 million viewers and peaked at 2 million during the Tito Ortiz-Stephan Bonnar fight per a Spike TV press release. The average for the overall event drew 1.24 million viewers. Via Spike TV press release: Bellator 131 knocked out the competition on Saturday, November 15 with record […]
Bellator 130 Live +3 up to 755,000
The Live + 3 viewership for Friday’s Bellator 130 drew the event up to 755,000 viewers with a peak viewership of 1,140,000 viewers according to a Nielsen source. The peak occurred at 10:15pm of the event. Bellator 123 Live 667,000, Peak 979,000; Live +3 777,000, +3 Peak 1,193,000 Bellator 124 Live 771,000, Peak […]
Bellator 130: 640,000 viewers
Last Friday’s Bellator 130 which featured Emmanuel Newton defeating Linton Vassell drew 640,000 viewers according to Nielsen sources. The peak viewership for the show was 930,000 viewers. Bellator Season 11 overnight ratings Bellator 123: 667,000 Bellator 124: 771,000 Bellator 125: 742,000 Bellator 126: 656,000 Bellator 127: 609,000 Bellator 128: 668,000 Bellator 129: 564,000 Bellator 130: […]