Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that HBO Sports President Ken Hershman is stepping down from his post. Despite the fact that ratings were up and there seem to be suitable replacements for Manny Pacquiao, Hershman resigned abruptly on Friday. Hershman replaced Ross Greenburg in 2012. There was no announcement of Hershman’s replacement although SI’s […]
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Crawford and GGG replay draw 1.07M avg on HBO Saturday
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports the ratings from Saturday night’s HBO event featuring Terrence Crawford. The replay which drew an average subscriber audience of 1.07M viewers also included the GGG-David Lemieux PPV replay. The overall event on HBO Saturday night from 9:30 to approximately midnight ET (first showing) peaked at 1.2M viewers. The replay of GGG-Lemieux […]
GLORY-SpikeTV part ways
MMA Fighting’s Luke Thomas reports that GLORY Kickboxing will no longer be seen on SpikeTV. The promotion’s run which started in November 2013, has come to an end. The decision to end the relationship was not sudden according to the report as the two sides had been in talks, but it appears that each has […]
Bellator 144 draws 555,000 viewers
Bellator 144 drew an average audience of 555,000 viewers on Spike TV Friday night according to Nielsen sources. It’s a decrease of 18% from Bellator 143 and the lowest TV rating since Scott Coker took over the helm for the organization. In the main event, Brandon Halsey went down (literally via leg kick) to Rafael […]
TUF 22 Episode 6 draws 585,000 viewers
TUF 22 episode 6 airing Wednesday night on FS1 drew 585,000 viewers per Sports TV Ratings. After a week hiatus, it’s a 15% increase from episode 5. In the fight of the episode, Baghdad beat Erosa. We also saw friction between the teams and T.J. Dillashaw made a visit to the show. Payout Perspective: The […]