MMA Junkie reports that former Bellator middleweight Alexander Shlemenko is slated to fight in Russia despite a three-ban by the California State Athletic Commission for alleged steroid use. Last June, Shlemenko was suspended 3 years and fined $10,000 by the California State Atheltic Commission. It was the harshest penalty against an MMA fighter since it […]
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15 for 15: No. 10 Bellator’s successful tentpole events
Following up on a successful tentpole event in November 2014, Bellator held a three more tent pole events on SpikeTV. Overall, the events and ratings have been a success. Shamrock-Kimbo, St. Louis, MO, June 2015 – The long-awaited fight that was supposed to take place in EliteXC, but due to a Ken Shamrock injury, Seth […]
UPDATED: Bellator 147 draws 656,000 viewers
Bellator 147 drew an average viewership of 656,000 on Spike TV on Friday night. In the main event Josh Thomson defeated Pablo Villaseca. UPDATED 12/08/15: The event peaked at 833,000 viewers at 11:03pm. The NBA on ESPN featuring LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers facing the New Orleans Pelicans were the tops in sports cable […]
Bellator announces events outside US in ’16
Bellator 145 draws 814,000 viewers
Bellator 145, the quarterly tentpole event for the organization, drew an average of 814,000 viewers Friday night on Spike TV per Sports TV Ratings. It was a slight increase over September tentpole event, Bellator: Dynamite 1. The event aired Friday night from 9:oopm-12:27am ET. It went up against the NBA on ESPN Friday night. In […]