Bellator announced the signing of former UFC welterweight Josh Koscheck during its live event on Spike TV Friday night. The 37-year-old Koscheck ended his UFC career on a 5 fight losing streak but has signed a mult-fight deal with the organization. We last saw Koscheck in a loss to Erick Silva as a replacement at […]
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More ratings from Bellator 138
Spike TV has released Live+3 data on Bellator 138 which reveals that 1.7 million viewers watched Friday night’s event. The Kimbo Slice-Ken Shamrock fight drew 2.8 million viewers and peaked at 2.9 million making it the most watched Bellator event ever. Adults 18-49 drew a 1.2 rating, Men 18-49 a 1.7 rating and Men 18-34 […]
PBC adds FS1 to its stable of networks
With two network shows this past weekend, Premier Boxing Champions seems to be on every channel. You may now include Fox Sports as another network that has added PBC to its programming. Last week PBC replaced Golden Boy Promotions on FS1 as the network allowed its contract with Golden Boy end and signed a deal […]
Updated Bellator 138 ratings has peak viewership at 2.4M
Updated ratings for Bellator 138 are in and as expected the ratings have gone up from its initial ratings yesterday. Notably, the Friday telecast peaked at 2.4 million viewers at 11:53pm ET during the main event. Additionally, the fight between Slice and Shamrock drew 2.3 million viewers alone for the 3 minutes it lasted (11:51-11:54pmET). […]
Bellator 138 posts biggest ratings in its history
Bellator 138 drew 1.58 million viewers on Spike TV Friday night according to Sports TV Ratings. The event was the largest average viewership in Bellator history. The previous record was November’s Bellator 131 which averaged 1.2 million viewers. The main event for Bellator 138 was Kimbo Slice taking on Ken Shamrock. Slice KO’d Shamrock in […]