Less than three weeks before Bellator’s first PPV, a report states that only 1,700 tickets have been sold for the event at the Long Beach Convention Center. The arena can hold up to 13,500. MMA Junkie’s John Morgan tweeted the news of the poor ticket sales. Bloody Elbow reported that the price point may be […]
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Bellator MMA Live 102: 675,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that Bellator 102 received a viewership average of 675,000 viewers which made it the 2nd largest audience of the season. It peaked at 958,000 viewers. The highest quarter hour for Bellator was 866,000 viewers for the Cheick Kongo main event. An immediate rerun of the event starting at 11:12pm PT scored […]
Bellator 101: 649,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Spike TV sources that this past Friday’s showing of Bellator MMA Live (101) scored an average viewership of 649,000 viewers with its peak at 932,000 viewers. The event airing from 9pm-11:08pm (PT) from Portland, Oregon featured Joe Warren as he defeated Nick Kirk. An immediate repeat of the event on […]
Bellator releases first promo for PPV
Bellator has released its first promotional video for its first PPV scheduled for Saturday, November 2nd. In the promotion, it features Rampage Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez. Payout Perspective: Interesting move for Bellator to feature Rampage and Tito without real mention of the Bellator promotion. Obviously, its the hope that fans will […]
Bellator 100 DVR numbers grow to 736,000 viewers
MMA Payout has received the DVR +3 numbers from last Friday’s Bellator (100) MMA Live from September 20th. The adjusted numbers reveal an extra 36,000 viewers from the original overnight report of 700,000. The adjusted numbers show a slight bump from the overnight numbers but it still doesn’t represent a significant increase. Payout Perspective: As […]