Bjorn Rebney announced via twitter that Bellator has released Ben Askren from his contract and has relinquished its right to match in Askren’s contract. Askren is now an “unrestricted free agent.” MMA Fighting reports Rebney had discussions with Askren before the decision was made. Askren leaves as the Bellator welterweight champion undefeated in Bellator and […]
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Alvarez-Chandler redux does 560,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that the rerun of Bellator 106’s Michael Chandler-Eddie Alvarez main event scored an average of 560,000 viewers on Friday night. The fight, in which Alvarez won by decision was shown on Spike TV in its entirety prior to Bellator 107 in the 5pmPT/8pmET time slot. Bellator 106 scored an organization high […]
Bellator 107: 683,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that Bellator MMA Live on Friday (11/8/2013) received an average viewership of 683,000 viewers. The show peaked at 904,000 viewers. Season 9 (Fall 2013): Bellator 98 – 437,000 viewers Bellator 99 – 660,000 viewers, 704,000 DVR+3 Bellator 100 – 700,000 viewers, 736,000 DVR+3 Bellator 101 – 649,000 viewers, 710,000 DVR +3 Bellator 102 – 675,000 […]
Bellator 106: 4,189 tickets sold, 2,407 comped
Bloody Elbow reports the ticket sales from Bellator 106 which saw 4,189 tickets sold with 5,855 tickets going unsold. Overall, there were 10,044 tickets available to purchase based on the information. MMA Weekly first obtained the information from the California Department of Consumer Affairs. The total attendance at the event was 6,596 for a gate […]
Bellator 106: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at Saturday night’s Bellator 106 from Long Beach, California with a main event featuring Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler. Alvarez wins title on return For all the “true” MMA fans this was always the main event and not Tito-Rampage. Of course, if […]