MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that last Friday’s PBC on Spike TV event featuring Amir Khan taking on Chris Algieri increased in viewership to 811,000 viewers in DVR +3 ratings. Its peak viewership increased to 1.3 million. Earlier this week, we reported that Friday’s event drew 772,000 viewers with a peak viewership […]
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PBC on Spike TV draws 772K overall; 1M for Khan-Algieri
PBC on Spike TV Friday drew an overall average of 772,000 viewers but the main event of Amir Khan-Chris Algieri drew 1 million viewers with a peak during the fight of 1,120,000 viewers per Nielsen sources. The fight drew 1 million viewers from 10:30pm-11:23pm with the 11:00-11:15pm quarter hour peaking at 1,120,000 viewers. PBC on […]
Will Mayweather-Pacquiao hurt UFC 187 PPV buys?
MMA Fighting posed the question as to how well will UFC 187 do this weekend in light of the big Mayweather-Pacquiao fight earlier this month. Despite the steep PPV price of $90-$100, an estimated 4.4 million people paid to see the fight. Now, will combat sports fans turn around and pay another $60 this weekend? […]
GGG draws 1.3M viewers on HBO
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s HBO Boxing event featuring Gennady Golovkin taking on Willie Monroe, Jr. drew an average HBO subscriber viewership of 1.338 million with a peak at 1.474 million. GGG dropped Monroe throughout the fight eventually earning the stoppage in the 6th round. In addition, Flyweight Roman Gonzalez obliterated Edgar Sosa […]
Bellator 137 draws 594,000 viewers
Sports TV Ratings is reporting that Bellator 137 on Friday night on Spike TV drew an average viewership of 594,000 viewers. It drew a 0.2 rating in the 18-49 demo. The ratings represent a 10 percent decrease from April’s Bellator 136. In the main event, Brandon Halsey defeated Kendall Grove via TKO in the main […]