Bellator MMA drew just 242,000 viewers on The Paramount Network Friday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The simulcast on CMT drew an additional 161,000. In the main event, Michael Chandler defeated Brandon Girtz in the first round via technical submission with an arm triangle choke after Girtz was put to sleep with the submission. […]
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UFC on Fox 29 draws 1.78M viewers
UFC on Fox 29 drew 1.78 million viewers on Saturday according to Television By Numbers. It is the 6th straight UFC on Fox event that failed to draw 2 million viewers. The main event featuring Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier went on past the 7pm PT time slot so there will be additional viewers tacked […]
Bellator 196 draws 420,000 viewers on Paramount
Bellator 196 drew 420,000 viewers on the Paramount Network Friday night. The event featured Benson Henderson taking on Robert Huerta in Budapest, Hungary. This past Friday’s event was the fourth one this year under 500,000 viewers with just one event over 500,000. The event drew 0.14 in the A18-49 demo per ShowBuzz Daily. Payout Perspective […]
UFC 223 Prelims draw 892,000 viewers
The UFC 223 Prelims drew 892,000 viewers on FS1 according to Neilsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event preceded Saturday’s UFC 223 PPV. The feature fight of the UFC 223 Prelims was Karolina Kowalkiewicz’s split decision victory over Felice Herrig. The event drew 0.33 in the A18-49 demo and 0.49 in the male 18-49 demo. In […]
Anthony Joshua fight draws 346,000 on Showtime
The Anthony Joshua-Joseph Parker fight on Showtime Saturday afternoon drew 346,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. Joshua defeated Parker by unanimous decision before a reported 80,000 fans at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The event was aired live on Showtime in the United States. The telecast started at 2pm PT as the only […]