2015 was a big year for boxing. It featured the start of a new organization, a return to network television, litigation (of course), controversy and the long-awaited fight people waited years to see. Mayweather-Pacquiao was the dream matchup that came several years too late. Still, the fight reaped the rewards due the brand names of its […]
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“Breakfast with Fedor” on Spike TV draws 141,000 viewers
Last week’s “Breakfast with Fedor” on Spike TV drew an average of 141,000 viewers from 10:00am ET-12:48pm ET on Thursday, December 31st. The event featured MMA fights from the Rizin promotion held in Japan. UPDATED: Per Nielsen source, peak viewership at 271,000. The event featured Fedor Emelianenko’s return to MMA where he soundly defeated Singh […]
15 for 15: No. 10 Bellator’s successful tentpole events
Following up on a successful tentpole event in November 2014, Bellator held a three more tent pole events on SpikeTV. Overall, the events and ratings have been a success. Shamrock-Kimbo, St. Louis, MO, June 2015 – The long-awaited fight that was supposed to take place in EliteXC, but due to a Ken Shamrock injury, Seth […]
PBC on Spike TV for December draws 538,000 viewers
PBC on Spike TV Friday night drew 538,000 viewers peaking at 790,000 according to Nielsen sources. The average viewership for PBC events on SpikeTV since it began in March 2015 is 582,000 viewers. The event on Friday was highlighted by a main event featuring Rances Barthelemy as he took on Denis Shafikov. Barthelemy won by […]
More ratings on FS1 surrounding UFC 194
More ratings from FS1 on Friday and Saturday reveal a spate of very good ratings surrounding UFC 194. As we previously reported, UFC 194 draw a FS1 prelim record of 1,931,000 viewers. It peaked during the Urijah Faber-Frankie Saenz fight at 2.38 million viewers. It was the most watch prelims airing on any network since […]