MMA Payout has learned from industry sources that Wednesday’s UFC Fight for the Troops received an average viewership of 641,000 viewers. UFC Fight Night 31 was dedicated to the U.S. troops and featured Tim Kennedy as he defeated Rafael Natal in the main event. UFC Fight Nights on FS1 UFC Fight Night 26: 1.78 million […]
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Fox Sports offers “make goods” to advertisers for FS1 rating shortfalls
Ad Age reports that Fox Sports 1 advertisers are receiving “make goods” due to “ratings shortfalls” on the new channel. Some advertisers even received time during the World Series on Fox as a result. The World Series ads made available were extra units made open during the game. The regular ad inventory for the World […]
Bellator 106: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at Saturday night’s Bellator 106 from Long Beach, California with a main event featuring Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler. Alvarez wins title on return For all the “true” MMA fans this was always the main event and not Tito-Rampage. Of course, if […]
Bellator 106: 1.1 million viewers
Bellator 106 which featured Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez on Spike TV Saturday night scored a 1.1 million viewers. According to a SpikeTV/Bellator press release, the show peaked at 1.4 million viewers. Per Spike TV/Bellator press release: The highly-anticipated rematch of two of the best lightweights in the world, Bellator MMA’s Michael Chandler and Eddie […]
TUF 18 Episode 9: 452,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that Episode 9 of TUF 18 received a viewer average of only 452,000 viewers. It is the lowest output for this season. TUF 18 Episodes Episode 1: 762,000 viewers Episode 2: 870,000 viewers Episode 3: 639,000 viewers Episode 4: 778,000 viewers Episode 5: 640,000 viewers Episode 6: 725,000 viewers Episode 7: 672,000 viewers Episode 8: 476,000 viewers Payout Perspective: Last week’s […]