Dan Rafael of ESPN reports that the fourth fight between Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez earned over 1.15 million PPV buys. Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum confirmed the numbers to ESPN and HBO did not dispute Arum’s projection. Despite “fan fatigue” for the fourth fight between the two and an admitted slow promotion, Top Rank promoter […]
ratings
Bellator 83 receives only 105K viewers
MMA Junkie reports that this Friday’s Bellator 83 ratings received a disappointing 105,000 viewer average. The ratings are the second lowest in Bellator history on MTV2. The low ratings can be attributed to the abrupt cancellation of the main event between Shahbulat Shamhalev and Rad Martinez after officials discovered Shamhalev vomiting backstage prior to the […]
TUF 16 episode 12: 678,000 viewers
MMA Junkie reports that TUF 16’s final taped episode garnered an average of 678,000 viewers. The 12th episode was down from the prior week and the season ended with an 829,250 viewer average. TUF 16 Episode 1: 947,000 TUF 16 Episode 2: 872,000 TUF 16 Episode 3: 775,000 TUF 16 Episode 4: 1.1 million TUF 16 Episode 5: 624,000 TUF […]
UFC on Fox 5 Prelims: 1.2 million
Payouts and updated ratings for UFC on Fox 5
MMA Mania reports updated ratings for Saturday’s UFC on Fox 5 which reveals it doing much better than originally reported. In addition, payouts for Saturday have been released with Shogun Rua and B.J. Penn leading the list. The final numbers show that the UFC pulled 4.4 million viewers with the main event receiving an average […]