Bellator 144 drew an average audience of 555,000 viewers on Spike TV Friday night according to Nielsen sources. It’s a decrease of 18% from Bellator 143 and the lowest TV rating since Scott Coker took over the helm for the organization. In the main event, Brandon Halsey went down (literally via leg kick) to Rafael […]
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TUF 22 Episode 6 draws 585,000 viewers
TUF 22 episode 6 airing Wednesday night on FS1 drew 585,000 viewers per Sports TV Ratings. After a week hiatus, it’s a 15% increase from episode 5. In the fight of the episode, Baghdad beat Erosa. We also saw friction between the teams and T.J. Dillashaw made a visit to the show. Payout Perspective: The […]
PBC on ESPN Wednesday draws 428K viewers
Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN Wednesday night draw a rating of 428,000 viewers in the 9-11pm ET time slot per Sports TV Ratings. Notably, the event went up against MLB Playoffs on FS1 which drew the highest sports TV cable rating of the evening. The game 5 deciding game in the series between the Houston […]
UFC 192 Prelims draw 749,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Saturday night’s UFC 192 Prelims drew an average of 749,000 viewers with a peak of 883,000. It represents a 12% increase from UFC 191. The feature of the prelims was Yair Rodriguez defeating Daniel Hooker. It also included several other entertaining fights including Sage Northcutt’s fight […]
TUF 22 Episode 4: 538,000 viewers
The fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter drew an average viewership of 538,000. The average is up from the past two editions of TUF. Last spring’s TUF 21 drew just 286,000 viewers and was slightly up from TUF 20 last fall of 515,000 per a Nielsen source. In the fight of the show, Team McGregor […]