Bellator 171 this past Friday drew 795,000 viewers and peaked at 1.1 million during the Rickels-Derrow fight per Nielsen. The event was ranked #3 overall in all of cable live sports programming. The DVR+3 number increases the overnight rating of 720,000 reported two days ago. The increase is on par with Bellator events. Bellator 2017 […]
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UFC on Fox 23 peaks with over 3M viewers, Prelims draw 619,000
The UFC on Fox 23 card drew 2,189,000 viewers in adjusted DVR +3 ratings. The card peaked during the main event between Valentina Shevchenko and Julianna Pena with 3,003,000 viewers. The overnight ratings reflected 2,002,000 viewers. UFC UFC on Fox Ratings Overnights Live + SD UFC on Fox 1 5,700,000 UFC on Fox 2 4,570,000 […]
Ortiz-Sonnen drew 2.2M viewers on Spike TV
Bellator 170 drew 2.2 million viewers for the main event between Tito Ortiz and Chael Sonnen on Spike TV on Saturday night. The Paul Daley-Brennan Ward fight drew 2 million viewers as well. The entire 3 hour telecast drew 1.5 million viewers in adjusted DVR+3 ratings. Notable DVR+3 main events for Bellator on Spike TV: […]
Update on Bellator 169 ratings
Bellator 169 drew 699,000 viewers in DVR +3 ratings per Nielsen. The event peaked with 965,000 viewers. The event, which aired on Friday on tape delay drew 965,000 viewers. The event featured King Mo Lawal as he defeated Satoshi Ishii in Dublin, Ireland. It was the most-watched international Bellator MMA event to date. The event […]
16 for 16: No. 14 Bellator 149
In match-ups that reflect the organization’s penchant for odd attractions, Bellator 149 featured former street fighters Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 and fighters past their prime Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie. Actually, you could argue that all four of the featured fighters should not have been in the cage on February 19th. Yet, it was […]