MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night 57’s main card drew an average of 903,000 viewers. In addition, the prelims had a considerable jump to 777,000 viewers. The main card featured a Frankie Edgar-Cub Swanson feature with Edgar getting the submission in the 5th round. The event peaked […]
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TUF 20 Episode 9: 381,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned via a Nielsen source that Wednesday night’s 9th episode of TUF 20 drew a rating of 381,000 viewers. The rating represents the lowest-rated episode of the season. In the fight of the episode, Randa Markos defeated Felice Herrig via armbar. Last season’s TUF 19 had two episodes below 400Kviewers. Wednesday night’s […]
Bellator 131 Live + 3 viewership boosts overall telecast to 1.4M, peak over 2.2M
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the Live + 3 day viewership of Saturday’s Bellator 131 peaked with 2,246,000 viewers and was over 2 million viewers for more than half of the Ortiz-Bonnar main event. The overall event adjusted viewership came up to 1.4 million. In addition, the Ortiz-Bonnar fight drew an […]
TUF 20 Episode 8 numbers up to 840,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that last week’s TUF 20 episode 8 drew an additional 262,00 viewers in Live +3 ratings. Episode 8 total viewership including adjusted average is now at 840,000 viewers. Payout Perspective: The average viewership after the adjusted ratings is at 812,000 viewers. After the 8th episode, the average […]
WSOF 15: 161,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the World Series of Fighting 15 Saturday night on drew 179,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network up against stiff competition from both the UFC and Bellator. The main event featured David Branch defeating Yushin Okami via TKO. In the semi-main event, Justin Gaethje defeated Melvin Guillard […]