MMA Fighting reports that Wednesday nights Bellator’s debut posted disappointing numbers. Spike officials point to the NHL Stanley Cup as contributing to the poor ratings. Hoping to continue with its strong ratings, and 809,000 viewer average from its first season on Spike TV, Bellator had high hopes for continued momentum. The Bellator summer series featuring […]
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PPV History – Taking a look at UFC 161 main eventers
UFC on Fuel TV 10: 313,000 viewers
MMA Fighting reports that Saturday’s UFC on Fuel TV 10 ratings scored a 313,000 viewer average. The show scored the second highest rating for a UFC on Fuel TV event. The show was highlighted by eight submissions on the card including the main event featuring Fabricio Werdum submitting Antonio Rodrigio Noguiera. The numbers are good […]
Froch-Kessler score for HBO Boxing
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports (via HBO Boxing) that last Saturday’s fight between Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler drew a total of 1,070,000 viewers in two showings. As the fight was aired live from England, it was shown at 3pm PDT/6pm EDT and then again at 10pm PDT/EDT . It received 493K for the live event […]
UFC 160 Prelims: 1.3 million
MMA Fighting reports that the UFC 160 Prelims on FX this past Saturday drew an average of 1.3 million viewers. The ratings are in line with the FX average. The Prelims featured Mike Pyle win a split decision over Rick Story. It also saw Dennis Bermudez take a win from Max Holloway. Notably, the Prelims […]