A pair of Bellator events make it to the top 3. First, Bellator 131 has its best ratings. Bellator 131 on SpikeTV November 15, 2014 was the biggest event in Bellator history to date. As we know, Bellator 131 took place in San Diego, California with Tito Ortiz taking on Stephan Bonnar in the main […]
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14 for 14: No. 6 Rebney replaced by Coker
Bjorn Rebney was relieved of his duties as the head of Bellator in June of this year. He was replaced by former Strikeforce head Scott Coker. In addition, Bellator president and COO Tim Danaher was let go by Viacom. According to MMA Fighting, the replacement of Rebney was dependent on waiting out Coker’s Zuffa’s non-compete […]
Bellator 131 replay: 617,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Friday night’s encore presentation of Bellator 131 drew an average viewership of 617,000 viewers peaking with 821,000 viewers. Bellator 131 featured Tito Ortiz narrowly defeating Stephan Bonnar in the main event. The event was the largest for the promotion as it drew the highest attendance in […]
Bellator 131 Live + 3 viewership boosts overall telecast to 1.4M, peak over 2.2M
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the Live + 3 day viewership of Saturday’s Bellator 131 peaked with 2,246,000 viewers and was over 2 million viewers for more than half of the Ortiz-Bonnar main event. The overall event adjusted viewership came up to 1.4 million. In addition, the Ortiz-Bonnar fight drew an […]