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Each Bellator 149 fight drew at least 1.9M viewers

February 25, 2016 by Jason Cruz 19 Comments

Every Bellator fight at Bellator 149 drew over 1 million average viewers according to Spike TV.  The Kimbo Slice-Dada 5,000 drew the highest rating with 2.9 million viewers. The breakdown is as follows: Emmanuel Sanchez-Daniel Pineda: 1.9 million viewers Linton Vassell-Emmanuel Newton: 1.9 million Derek Campos-Melvin Guillard: 2.4 million Kimbo Slice-Dada 5K: 2.9 million Royce […]

Filed Under: Bellator, Bellator MMA, DVR+3, ratings, Spike, TV

Kimbo-Dada fight ratings up to 2.9M viewers

February 25, 2016 by Jason Cruz 16 Comments

The DVR numbers for Bellator 149 this past Friday reflect higher ratings for the Kimbo Slice-Dada 5000 fight as the fight between the two drew 2.9 million viewers.  The Royce Gracie-Ken Shamrock fight drew 2.7 million viewers. Overall, Bellator 149 drew 2.2 million viewers for the 3 hour fight card.  Kimbo-Dada drew 2.9 million from […]

Filed Under: Bellator, Bellator MMA, DVR+3, ratings, Spike, TV

Bellator MMA 149: Payout Perspective

February 23, 2016 by Jason Cruz 7 Comments

Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective with a look at the latest Bellator tentpole event from Houston, Texas.  The event was a spectacle to say the least about Friday night’s event. Gracie stops Shamrock in Round 1 The intros for this fight were well done as Bellator invested a lot into the production […]

Filed Under: Bellator, Bellator MMA, Featured, ratings, Spike, TV, UFC

WSOF 28 draws 161,000 viewers

February 23, 2016 by Jason Cruz 3 Comments

World Series of Fighting 28 on the NBC Sports Network Saturday night drew an average viewership of 161,000 viewers per Nielsen.  The event Saturday night is down 24 percent from WSOF 27. The event featured Marlon Moraes defend his Bantamweight Championship against Joseph Barajas.  Moraes won handily. 2016 WSOF Events WSOF 27 – 211,000 WSOF […]

Filed Under: NBC Sports Network, ratings, TV, World Series of Fighting

UFC Fight Night 83 draws 983K, Prelims 829K

February 23, 2016 by Jason Cruz 1 Comment

UFC Fight Night 83 drew an average viewership of 983,000 on FS1 Sunday night per Sports TV Ratings.  The prelims drew 829,000 on FS1 on Sunday. The main card airing from 9pm-11:38pm ET featured Cowboy versus Cowboy with Cerrone defeating Oliviera.  The prelims which preceded the main card aired from 7-9pm ET. Only the NBA […]

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