UFC Fight Night 71 on Saturday morning drew an average viewership of 508,000 with the prelims drawing 292,000 according to Nielsen sources. Fight Night 71 featured Michael Bisping taking over Thales Leites. The event which started at 10am PT on FS1 drew 508,000 viewers. The prelims which preceded the event at 8am PT drew 292,000. […]
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PBC on CBS Saturday posts 0.8 rating
Sports Business Daily (subscription required) reports that Saturday afternoon’s Premier Boxing Champions on CBS drew an overnight rating of 0.8 in the 4:00-6:00pm ET time slot. According to Sports Media Watch, 3 of the 4 PBC events on CBS have failed to earn at least a 1.0 overnight average. Saturday night’s fight on CBS featured […]
Bellator MMA 140 draws 722,000 viewers
Sport TV Ratings reports that Friday’s Bellator MMA event on Spike TV drew an average viewership of 722,000. The event airing from 9:00pm ET to 11:51pm ET featured a title change with Andrey Koreshkov defeating Douglas Lima for the welterweight championship. Bellator 132 – 767,000 Bellator 133 – 565,000 Bellator 134 – 872,000 Bellator 135 […]
UFC Fight Night 71 draws 801K viewers
Sports TV Ratings reports that Wednesday night’s UFC Fight Night drew an average of 801,000 viewers and a 0.4 rating in adults 18-49. The prelims drew an average of 543,000 viewers. UFC Fight Night 71 which officially aired from 7pm-10:04pm PT and featured Frank Mir and Todd Duffee drew 801,000 viewers. The prelims which featured […]
UFC 189: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take you to UFC 189 which was the biggest event in years for the company taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. McGregor wins interim Featherweight title The gamble for the UFC paid off. Conor McGregor stopped Chad Mendes with just seconds remaining in […]