Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective with a look at the latest Bellator tentpole event from Houston, Texas. The event was a spectacle to say the least about Friday night’s event. Gracie stops Shamrock in Round 1 The intros for this fight were well done as Bellator invested a lot into the production […]
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Bellator 149 draw 1.9M, Kimbo-Dada draw 2.5M viewers
Bellator 149 delivered huge ratings on Friday night according to Sports TV Ratings. The event was the highest-rated cable sports show on Friday drawing an average of 1.964,000 viewers on Spike TV. In fact, the pre- and post-fight programming featuring Kimbo Slice and Benson Henderson respectively posted huge ratings as well. Bellator 149 was headlined […]
Kimbo Slice = Ratings
The New York Times reports on Bellator 149 tonight mainly focusing on Kimbo Slice’s return to the television. Regardless of his ability, the former street fighter has produced ratings and Friday night should not be any different. The brief NYT article characterizes Bellator as a “smaller mixed martial arts organization” that uses “card attention-grabbing fights […]
Coker announces Bellator Kickboxing coming to Spike TV
MMA Junkie reports that Bellator is planning to open a kickboxing division come April on Spike TV. Scott Coker and executive made the announcement on Thursday. The first event will occur on the network on April 16 in co-promtoion with Oktagon Kickboxing. The event will take place in Turin, Italy. A Bellator MMA event will […]
Bellator 148 draws 566,000 viewers
Bellator MMA 148 drew 566,000 viewers on Friday night according to Sports TV Ratings. The event is off approximately 18% from the last Bellator event this past December. The event on Friday featured Paul Daley in his first round KO of Andy Uhrich. His quick work sets up his fight with Josh Koscheck nicely. Bellator […]