Bellator Kickboxing last Friday drew an average rating of 346,000 on Spike TV per Nielsen. The debut of the promotion’s kickboxing followed Bellator 153. Notably, per Nielsen the first hour of Bellator Kickboxing averaged 464,000 viewers and peaked with 730,000. Payout Perspective: The debut of Bellator’s foray into kickboxing promotion did well considering it was […]
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Bellator announces famous PRIDE announcer for Bellator: Dynamite 1
Bellator MMA teased the addition of a legendary MMA figure to the Bellator: Dynamite 1 event a few weeks back. Yesterday, they announced the addition of former PRIDE announcer and MMA legend Lenne Hardt via the apropos usage of SoundCloud. Bellator: Dynamite 1 is scheduled to take place on September 19th from SAP Center in San […]
Glory signs TV deal with CBS Sports Network
MMA Fighting reports that Glory kickboxing has brokered a deal with CBS Sports Network to air three shows per year. The deal adds to the organization’s television package as it plans on nine live events per year on SpikeTV. The CBS Sports Network deal will air Glory three times a year and will support the […]
Glory appoints new CEO, returns to Spike for ’15
Glory Sports International announced that it has appointed Jon J. Franklin as Global Chief Executive via company press release. It also announced that it has extended its agreement with Spike TV to provide original kickboxing programming through 2015. Via Glory press release: GLORY Sports International and its board of directors today [August 19, 2014] appointed Jon J. […]
Spike TV looking to air kickboxing
MMA Fighting reports that Spike TV is looking into airing kickboxing as a way to cross promote TNA Wrestling and Bellator. Spike TV may look to the Glory promotion as a kickboxing possibility as its partnership with K-1 is over. Although K-1 and Spike TV announced a relationship this past summer, due to poor viewership […]
