Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 222 which took place at the T-Mobile Area in Las Vegas. Cyborg easily handles Kunitskaya Cris Cyborg took care of Yana Kunitskaya as the UFC women’s Featherweight champion earned the TKO victory in round 1 of their championship bout. The […]
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Deontay Wilder scores big ratings on Showtime Saturday night
Deontay Wilder produced big ratings for Showtime on Saturday night as his win over Luis Ortiz drew 1.055 million viewers on the premium network. Wilder’s fight with Ortiz drew a peak audience of 1.2 million viewers and averaged almost 1.1 million viewers. It’s the largest viewership since Wilder faced Bermane Stiverne in January 2015. Wilder […]
Bellator 195 draws 465,000 viewers
Bellator MMA Live 195 on Friday night on Paramount drew 465,000 viewers according to Nielsen. The event featured Darrion Caldwell as he faced Leandro Higo. Caldwell successfully defended his Bellator bantamweight belt against Higo with a guillotine choke submission in the very first round. It’s the third straight Bellator telecast drawing less than 500,000 viewers. […]
UFC on Fox 28 draws 2,037,000 viewers; prelims draw 1,214,000 on Fox
The official live and same day ratings for UFC on Fox 28 revealed the show averaged 2,037,000 viewers on the network Saturday night. The prelims which aired on Fox prior to the main card drew 1,214,000 viewers according to Nielsen Media Research. The prelims started 30 minutes later than scheduled due to an overrun from […]
UFC on Fox 28 draws 1.82M viewers in overnight ratings
UFC on Fox 28 drew 1.8 million viewers on Fox Saturday night’s fast overnight ratings. Despite stiff competition from the NBA and the Olympics the event was able to stave off its worst ratings since being shown on the network. The event drew 1.82 million viewers, a 0.6 rating in the A18-49 demo and a […]