We have an update on the ratings from Bellator 153 last Friday night. According to Nielsen, the Benson Henderson’s promotional debut against Andrey Koreshkov drew 973,000 viewers peaking at over 1 million. The fight, which aired between 10:13-11:00pm ET, on Spike TV Friday night drew 973,000 peaking with 1.1 million viewers at 10:57pm. It should […]
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UFC “takes over” Good Morning America Wednesday
The UFC will have a distinct presence on the Wednesday, April 27th edition of ABC’s “Good Morning America.” The appearance is lead-up to the sale of tickets for UFC 200. According to the UFC, Chuck Liddell, Miesha Tate, Paige VanZant and Dana White will be among the UFC stars announced to make appearances between 7-9am […]
UFC 197 Prelims: 835,000 viewers
The UFC 197 Prelims drew an average rating of 835,000 viewers on Saturday night on FS1. The event was the lowest since UFC 192 in October 2015. The UFC 197 Prelims featured Sergio Pettis as he defeated Chris Kelades. Payout Perspective: For those wondering, UFC 192 featured Daniel Cormier taking on Alexander Gustafsson. The ratings […]
Bellator 153: 618,000 viewers
Bellator 153 drew 618,000 viewers on Friday night on Spike TV according to Sports TV Ratings. The rating is a modest 6% increase from last week’s tape delayed show Saturday night from Italy. The main event was the highly anticipated promotional debut of Benson Henderson. Unfortunately, the former UFC lightweight champion was dominated by current […]
UFC on Fox 19 final overnight rating and prelims
UFC on Fox 19 Saturday drew an average rating of 2.5 million viewers on Saturday according to Nielsen. The prelims which preceded the main card on Fox drew 1.4 million viewers. The main card peaked with 2.8 million viewers. The prelims which featured Michael Chiesa submitting Beneil Dariush drew a 0.9 rating in the adult […]