Bellator has announced shoulder programming to promote its very first PPV on May 17th. There will be four separate programs focusing on the top two fights: Alvarez v. Chandler and Rampage v. King Mo. Via Bellator press release: As Bellator prepares for its epic May 17th pay-per-view, Spike TV will premiere four compelling specials to compliment […]
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TUF 19 debut and UFC TUF Nations ratings
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source the ratings from Wednesday night of UFC programming. Notably, the debut of TUF scored just an overnight average of 595,000 viewers. Preceding TUF was the UFC TUF Nations Finale from Quebec City. The Prelims which started at 2pmPT/4pmET received a viewership of 263,000 viewers whereas the main […]
Bellator 116 DVR +3: 642,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned the DVR +3 ratings for Friday’s Bellator 116 have bumped the overall rating to 642,000 viewers with a peak of 919,000 occurring approximately at 10:46 p.m. Bellator MMA 110 – 880,000, overnight; 1.1M Peak, DVR +3 – 1M, Peak – 1.1M Bellator MMA 111 – 653,000, overnight; 964,000 Peak; DVR +3 […]
Bellator 116: 572,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned through a Nielsen source that this past Friday’s Bellator 116 received an average viewership of just 572,000 viewers. Its peak occurred midway through the card with 782,000 viewers. Friday’s Bellator 116 featuring Blagoi Ivanov vs Lavar Johnson, Joey Beltran vs Vladimir Matyushenko, and Alexander Volkov vs Mighty Mo, which was a substantial […]
Bellator 115 DVR + 3 numbers up slightly: 874,000
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the DVR +3 numbers for last Friday’s Bellator 115 scored a viewer average of 874,000 with a peak of 1,232,000 The ratings which increased based on the DVR viewership reflect a modest increase from the overnight ratings. Of course, the peak viewership did go over 1.2 […]