The Nevada Athletic Commission has handed down a punishment for Conor McGregor cornerman and Bellator welterweight Dillon Danis on Monday for his part in the UFC 229 post-fight brawl. Danis was handed a $7,500 fine and six-month suspension retroactive to UFC 229 on October 6, 2018. After Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated McGregor, the lightweight champ jumped […]
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Bellator 215 draws 365,000 viewers on Paramount Network Friday night
Bellator MMA 215 drew 365,000 viewers on the Paramount Network Friday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The ratings continue a precipitous slide for the promotion on television. The event was the first of two nights for the promotion in Uncasville, Connecticut. Friday night’s event featured Matt Mitrione taking on Sergei Kharitonov in a […]
Bader-Fedor fight drew 1.2M viewers on Paramount Saturday night
Bellator 214 scored an overall rating of 697,000 viewers on Saturday night. The Fedor-Ryan Bader showdown drew 1.2 million viewers on the telecast. Bellator 214 took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California. It featured the finals of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix with the promotion’s Light Heavyweight Champion winning the Heavyweight Championship. Also on […]
MMA Payout Year in Review: No. 7 – DAZN enters sports streaming market
This past June, Bellator MMA announced a deal with sport streaming service DAZN. The late September 2018 launch in the U.S. of the $9.99 per month service was another challenge on the traditional way we watch sports. Perhaps bigger than the Bellator deal, and securing another deal with Combates America, it signed Canelo Alvarez to […]
Bellator ends year with 212 show drawing just 285K viewers on Paramount
Bellator MMA Live 212 drew 285,000 on Friday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event was the first of two shows taking place in Honolulu with the first event airing on Paramount. The second event aired on DAZN exclusively. Friday’s event also aired on DAZN. On Friday night Michael Chandler regained the Bellator […]