Bellator 138, the organization’s latest “tent pole” event occurs Friday night on Spike TV with Kimbo Slice taking on Ken Shamrock in the featured event. Last Friday, Spike TV aired “Countdown to Unfinished Business” which drew 215,000 viewers according to Nielsen sources. The shoulder programming was preceded by a PBC event which drew 446,000 viewers. […]
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WSOF to air on NBC in July
WSOF announced that it is returning to network television on Saturday afternoon July 11th preceding UFC 189. The show will feature its “Unstoppable” series which will show highlights of WSOF fights rather than offer a live event. “We are excited to deliver another hard-hitting compilation of the most memorable, recent bouts featuring WSOF’s collection of […]
HBO, Showtime produce lower ratings for Saturday events
ESPN Dan Rafael reports the ratings from this past weekend’s boxing events on HBO and Showtime. Notably, the ratings are much lower for the Showtime broadcast of Deontay Wilder’s first title defense drew 678,000 viewers. The rating for just the fight between Wilder versus Eric Molina drew 678,000 viewers. In the first fight of the […]
UFC 188 Prelims draw 727,000 viewers on FX
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the UFC 188 Prelims on FX this past Saturday drew 727,000 viewers. The prelims aired on FX due to scheduling conflicts with FS1. The fights which preceded the PPV were highlighted by two first-round stoppages. The last fight of the Prelims was Henry Cejudo and Chico […]
PBC on Spike TV draws 446,000 viewers
Premier Boxing Champions airing at 9:00pmET-11:05pm ET on Spike TV Friday night drew an average viewership of 446,000 per Sports TV Ratings. UPDATED: Per a Nielsen source, the peak for the event was 613,000 viewers making it the lowest peak for PBC on Spike events. PBC on Spike TV March 2015 – 869,000 overall average; […]