Bellator MMA Friday night on Paramount drew 405,000 viewers per Nielsen according to ShowBuzz Daily. In the main event of the telecast, Julia Budd defeated Talita Nogueira via TKO to retain her Bellator Featherweight title. Notably, Budd has not lost an MMA fight since a 2011 bout to Ronda Rousey in Strikeforce. The event drew […]
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UFC Fight Night 133 draws 754,000 viewers and prelims drew 572,000
UFC Fight Night 133 drew 754,000 viewers on FS1 Saturday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims which preceded the main card on Saturday on FS1 drew 572,000 viewers. The main card which featured the return of Junior dos Santos in a unanimous decision victory over Blagoy Ivanov drew 383,000 viewers in the A18-49 […]
UFC 226: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition we take a look at UFC 226 taking place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cormier is a Champ x2 Daniel Cormier knocked out Stipe Miocic to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Cormier becomes just the second fighter (behind Conor McGregor) to hold […]
Bellator 201 draws 466,000 viewers
Bellator 201 drew 466,000 viewers on Friday night on The Paramount Network according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The ratings were an increase over Bellator 200. The main event featured two women as Ilima-Lei Macfarlane defended her flyweight title against Alejandra Lara. Macfarlane got Lara to tap to an armbar in the third round. In […]
TUF 27 Episode 11 draws 156,000 viewers on FS1
The penultimate episode of The Ultimate Fighter 27 drew 156,000 viewers on Friday on Wednesday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The 11th episode featured the coaches challenge which featured Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic in a hockey shootout. The fight of the episode saw Team Cormier’s Joe Giannetti submit Team Miocic’s Allan Zuniga. […]