PBC on Spike TV drew an average of 679,000 viewers per Sports TV Ratings. It’s the second-highest viewership for PBC on Spike since its launch in March. The event, which aired from 9:00-11:16pm ET, featured Antonio Tarver taking on Steve Cunningham which ended in a split decision draw. The undercard featured an upset as Krzysztof […]
Premier Boxing Champions
Checking in on Spike’s re-branded Friday night
On March 13th Spike TV re-branded its Friday night with a mix of Bellator MMA, Glory Kickboxing and Premier Boxing Champions on its network. MMA Payout takes a look at how it’s done in ratings 6 months in. “Friday Night Lights Out” began mid-March with PBC on Spike to promising ratings. The inaugural event drew […]
PBC on ESPN draws 1.073M viewers
PBC on ESPN this past Saturday drew 1.073 million viewers according to Sports TV Ratings. The event, which went from 9-10:57pm ET featured Danny Garcia taking on Paulie Malignaggi. Garcia defeated Paulie with a 9th round TKO in a fight that was dominated by the Philly fighter. The first fight of the night was short-lived […]
Can Rousey carry another UFC PPV?
How will UFC 190 fare Saturday? It’s the second straight event where Ronda Rousey is the selling point for the PPV. The last time out, Rousey and Cat Zingano drew approximately 590,000 PPV buys at UFC 184 in February. It was a success considering the undercard was not very strong. We predicted 184 to draw […]
PBC on NBC Sports Network Saturday draws 247K viewers
PBC on NBC Sports Network Saturday night drew an average of 247,000 viewers per Sports TV Ratings. The event featured a cruiserweight bout between B.J. Flores and Bebut Shumenov. Notably, the event which aired from 9-12:18pm ET went up against HBO Boxing and a Sergey Kovalev title defense. Although the complete ratings are not in, […]