Bellator 208 on Paramount Saturday night drew 521,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event featured Fedor defeating Chael Sonnen in the last semi-final of the Heavyweight Grand Prix. It was the second of back-to-back nights for the promotion. The event also aired on DAZN. In addition to Fedor and Sonnen, Benson Henderson […]
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ESPN Top Rank Boxing reports strongest telecast of 2018
ESPN Top Rank Boxing on Saturday night drew 2.245 million viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event was the highest-rated live boxing telecast of 2018. Ring.tv reports that the peak of the telecast drew 2.7 million viewers. The main event saw Terrence Crawford put away Jose Benavidez, Jr. in the 12th and final […]
Bellator 207 draws 416,000 viewers on Paramount Friday night
Bellator 207 on the Paramount Network Friday night drew 416,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It was the first of back-to-back shows on the network. The event featured the semi-finals of the Heavyweight Grand Prix as Ryan Bader made easy work of Matt Mitrione to make his way to the finals of the […]
PFL 7 draws 136,000 Friday night
The Professional Fighters League did 136,000 viewers on Friday night on NBC Sports Network according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. Friday night was the start of the promotion’s playoffs. Kevin Hart, one of the famous silent investors in the PFL, did a promo for the show. You heard @KevinHart4real, fight twice and win twice in […]
UFC 229 Prelims draws 1.3M viewers on FS1
The UFC 229 Prelims drew 1.3 million viewers on FS1 Saturday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prefight show drew 373,000 viewers on FS1 preceding the Prelims. The Prelims featured Sergio Pettis taking on Jussier Formiga. Formiga won via unanimous decision. The event drew 754,000 in the A18-49 demo. The prefight show drew […]