MMA Payout has learned that the re-air of UFC 165 scored an average of 449,000 viewers on FS1. On Spike TV, the first of a three part documentary on Rampage Jackson leading up to the Bellator PPV received 404,000 viewers. Last month’s PPV featured the five round fight between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson. The […]
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Bellator 103 drops in ratings from previous week
Bellator MMA Live 103 showed a significant drop from last Friday as initial ratings from last Friday night showed an average viewership of 539,000 with a peak of 729,000 viewers. 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 […]
Bellator PPV ticket sales low less than three weeks out
Less than three weeks before Bellator’s first PPV, a report states that only 1,700 tickets have been sold for the event at the Long Beach Convention Center. The arena can hold up to 13,500. MMA Junkie’s John Morgan tweeted the news of the poor ticket sales. Bloody Elbow reported that the price point may be […]
Bellator MMA Live 102: 675,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that Bellator 102 received a viewership average of 675,000 viewers which made it the 2nd largest audience of the season. It peaked at 958,000 viewers. The highest quarter hour for Bellator was 866,000 viewers for the Cheick Kongo main event. An immediate rerun of the event starting at 11:12pm PT scored […]
Bellator 101: 649,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Spike TV sources that this past Friday’s showing of Bellator MMA Live (101) scored an average viewership of 649,000 viewers with its peak at 932,000 viewers. The event airing from 9pm-11:08pm (PT) from Portland, Oregon featured Joe Warren as he defeated Nick Kirk. An immediate repeat of the event on […]