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Bellator 139: 764K viewers and Friday night boxing numbers

June 29, 2015 by Jason Cruz 13 Comments

Bellator 139 drew an average viewership of 764,000 viewers on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings.  The event is down from its tent pole event of a week prior but it still was the second-best rating on the network since February. In the main event of Friday night, former UFC heavyweight Cheick Kongo […]

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Koscheck signs with Bellator

June 26, 2015 by Jason Cruz 3 Comments

Bellator announced the signing of former UFC welterweight Josh Koscheck during its live event on Spike TV Friday night.  The 37-year-old Koscheck ended his UFC career on a 5 fight losing streak but has signed a mult-fight deal with the organization. We last saw Koscheck in a loss to Erick Silva as a replacement at […]

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More ratings from Bellator 138

June 24, 2015 by Jason Cruz 9 Comments

Spike TV has released Live+3 data on Bellator 138 which reveals that 1.7 million viewers watched Friday night’s event.  The Kimbo Slice-Ken Shamrock fight drew 2.8 million viewers and peaked at 2.9 million making it the most watched Bellator event ever. Adults 18-49 drew a 1.2 rating, Men 18-49 a 1.7 rating and Men 18-34 […]

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Updated Bellator 138 ratings has peak viewership at 2.4M

June 23, 2015 by Jason Cruz 16 Comments

Updated ratings for Bellator 138 are in and as expected the ratings have gone up from its initial ratings yesterday.  Notably, the Friday telecast peaked at 2.4 million viewers at 11:53pm ET during the main event. Additionally, the fight between Slice and Shamrock drew 2.3 million viewers alone for the 3 minutes it lasted (11:51-11:54pmET).  […]

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Bellator 138 posts biggest ratings in its history

June 22, 2015 by Jason Cruz 37 Comments

Bellator 138 drew 1.58 million viewers on Spike TV Friday night according to Sports TV Ratings.  The event was the largest average viewership in Bellator history. The previous record was November’s Bellator 131 which averaged 1.2 million viewers. The main event for Bellator 138 was Kimbo Slice taking on Ken Shamrock.  Slice KO’d Shamrock in […]

Filed Under: Bellator, Bellator MMA, Featured, ratings, Spike, TV

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