Bellator MMA on CBS Saturday night drew 1.068M viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It drew 237,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and a 0.67 HH rating. The debut for the promotion on the network featured the retirement of Fedor as he faced Ryan Bader. The Bellator Heavyweight Champion made easy work of the legend […]
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Bellator announces CBS debut February 4, 2023
Bellator 290 will take place in Inglewood, California and air on CBS for the first time in the promotion’s history. On Friday, the promotion announced that Ryan Bader will defend his Bellator Heavyweight World Title against Fedor Emelianenko in the main event. In addition, Yoel Romero will face the winner of the Light Heavyweight World […]
Top 10 of 2021: No. 6 Bellator moves to Showtime
Bellator moved to CBS-owned Showtime in 2021 after a brief stint on CBS Sports Network in 2020. The promotion began it run this past April with most events airing on Friday nights. It also used a subscription special in order to entice fans to sign up for Showtime. Ratings on Showtime were sparse considering it […]
Bellator MMA announces CBS Sports Network as new broadcast partner
Scott Coker announced that Bellator MMA will air on CBS Sports Network starting Thursday October 1st. The news comes on the weekend that it will be ending its relationship with SpikeTV/Paramount this weekend with a pair of shows. Coker indicated that the events will take place live in all U.S. markets with preliminary matchups streaming […]
Bellator MMA announces Paris debut October 10th
On Friday, Bellator MMA announced that it would hold the first MMA show in France on Saturday, October 10th featuring Cheick Kongo and Timothy Johnson. Also, on the card, Michael Page takes on Ross Houston. The event will have 25% capacity as it will be the first time since the return from the pandemic that […]