ESPN reports that Spike TV will no longer air Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV which ends a two-year partnership to air PBC on Spike TV. In March 2015, Spike TV launched “Friday Night Lights Out” with Glory Kickboxing, Bellator MMA and PBC with Haymon’s company as the big add to the network. According to […]
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Saturday afternoon’s Bellator 176 draws 438,000 viewers
Bellator MMA drew 438,000 viewers on Saturday afternoon per Sports TV Ratings. The promotion aired the event from Italy live instead of tape delay. The telecast drew 198,000 viewers in the Adult 18-49 demo according to Sports TV Ratings. The event featured Melvin Manhoef versus Rafael Carvalho. The Brazilian Carvalho won via TKO. Payout Perspective: […]
Lomachenko on HBO draws 832,000 viewers
HBO Boxing’s Saturday night fights featuring Vasyl Lomachenko’s defeat of Jason Sosa drew 832,000 subscribers per Sports TV Ratings which bested the overall rating for the UFC 210 Prelims on FS1. Arguably, the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, Lomachenko made easy work of Sosa. The event drew 389,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo per […]
UFC 210 Prelims post 723,000 viewers
The UFC 210 Prelims drew 723,000 viewers on FS1 Saturday night according to Sports TV Ratings. The featured fight of the prelims saw Myles Jury returned to win via TKO over Mike de la Torre. The event drew 357,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. In other shoulder programming surrounding the UFC 210 PPV, the prefight […]
UFC 210: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time around we take a look at UFC 210 in Buffalo, New York Cormier “makes” weight, retires Johnson Daniel Cormier lost 1.2 pounds in less than 5 minutes at the weigh-ins and made weight after missing on the first attempt. Despite no one really addressing this marvel, […]