Bellator 170 drew 1.374 million viewers on Saturday night on Spike TV per Sports TV Ratings. It peaked at 1.85 million viewers during the Chael Sonnen-Tito Ortiz fight per Spike TV. Sports TV Ratings notes that it drew 703,000 in the A18-49 demo. Spike TV notes that the co-main event between Paul Daley and Brennan […]
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Light requests to dismiss lawsuit against Bellator
Zachery Light is dismissing his lawsuit against Bellator. Light’s attorney filed a Request for Dismissal on December 20, 2016. The Request was signed by Light’s attorney, William Crosby, and Bellator’s counsel Richard Kendall. The dismissal is “with prejudice” which would end both Light’s lawsuit against Bellator and Bellator’s cross-claim against Light. The details can be found […]
Coker invites Streep to Bellator 170
Jumping on the possibility of receiving mainstream possibility from an off-hand remark made by Meryl Streep during her acceptance speech at The Golden Globes Sunday night, Scott Coker sent out an invitation for her to attend Bellator’s event on January 21st. Streep, making a statement with her speech on immigration, made a flippant remark that […]
16 for 16: No. 7 Bellator signings includes Fedor, Sonnen, amateur wrestlers
Benson Henderson, Rory MacDonald and Chael Sonnen signed with Bellator MMA this year reflecting a new age of free agency for MMA. Fedor Emelianenko was also signed by the Viacom-owned company in 2016. Wanderlei Silva also joined Bellator in March 2016 but would not be able to fight until 2017 as he is still serving […]
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 […]