UFC Fight Night 114 on FS1 Saturday night drew 859,000 viewers per Nielsen . The prelims, which preceded the main card on FS1 drew 633,000. Despite the fact the main and prelim card had mainly up and coming fighters, the ratings were strong up against live boxing on ESPN. The FS1 main card featured Sergio […]
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Pacquiao-Horn scores huge ratings for ESPN Saturday night
According to Nielsen, the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight drew a 1.8 metered market rating which makes it the highest-rated boxing event on ESPN this decade. Horn scored a controversial win over Pacquiao to win the WBO Welterweight belt. The main event delivered a 2.4 overnight rating. It will be interesting to see how it did […]
The Ratings Buffet for the week ending June 30th
Welcome to another week of The Ratings Buffet. We have been a little late with posting this week. Note the TUF Episode rating is down from last week but up from TUF 24’s Episode 11. Saturday Bellator 180 on Spike TV 8:00-10:00pm ET: 758,000 viewers Bellator 180 on CMT: 143,000 viewers HBO Boxing Replay Ward/Kovalev2 […]
Golden Boy-ESPN announce TV deal
Golden Boy Promotions and ESPN have entered into an agreement to air the promotion’s fights on the sports network according to ESPN. The first of 42 fights will begin airing in March. The events will take place on Thursday, Friday or Saturday nights which will mark a return to boxing on ESPN. Tecate will sponsor […]
Bellator announces Ortiz-Sonnen
Bellator’s Scott Coker announced on ESPN’s Sportscenter that Chael Sonnen will take on Tito Ortiz which will headline a show on January 21, 2017 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Sonnen announced his return to the sport last month. He has participated in grappling matches and served as a WSOF color commentator during his time […]