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Garcia on Showtime scores 608K viewers

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ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted the ratings for this past Saturday’s boxing event on Showtime which featured Danny Garcia received an average viewership of 608,000 of its subscribers. Rafael noted that HBO boxing events on its network average 957K viewers while Showtime averages 587K.  Of course, this is based on subscribers and HBO has more subscribers. […]

UFC on Fox 12: 2.5 million viewers

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MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Saturday’s UFC on Fox 12 main card received a Live plus Same Day rating of 2.5 million viewers.  The rating falls in line with Fox shows during the summer and is better than UFC on Fox 11’s rating this past April. UFC on Fox 1: 5.7 […]

UFC on Fox 12 Prelims on FOX: 1.3 million viewers

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MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the UFC on Fox 12 Prelims drew an average viewership of 1.3 million.  It was the first time that Fox had aired the prelims on its network. The network exposure helped the prelims which preceded the main card.  The last fight before the main card had […]

Bellator 122: 582,000 viewers

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MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Friday night’s Bellator MMA Summer Series on Spike TV drew an average viewership of 582,000 total viewers.  The peak for Bellator 122 occurred during the co-main event of Brandon Halsey defeating Brett Cooper which drew 807,000 viewers. The overnight rating is down from last Friday’s re-air […]