ESPN Top Rank Boxing fought some stiff competition in cable TV ratings on St. Patrick Day as it drew 488,000 viewers Saturday night opposite the NCAA Tournament according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event featured Michael Conlan as he faced David Berna in a super bantamweight matchup in New York. Conlan dispensed of Berna […]
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ESPN Top Rank Boxing Saturday night scores highest overnights this year
Saturday night’s ESPN Top Rank event drew the highest overnight ratings (in terms of market rating) for 2018 according to the network. It was the prelim fight between Andy Vences and Arick De Leon that scored a 0.8 metered market rating. Last week’s Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz drew a 0.7 rating on Showtime and 1.055M viewers. […]
Bellator 195 peaked at 745,00 viewers
Bellator 195 peaked with 745,000 viewers on Friday night on the Paramount Network. The event featured Darrion Caldwell’s defense of his featherweight title as he submitted Leonard Higo in the very first round. The ratings are on par with the past three Bellator telecasts, none of which surpassed 500,000 viewers. The peak viewership is on […]
UFC 222: Payout Perspective
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 […]
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 […]