Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we ring in the new year with UFC 195 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena where Robbie Lawler defended his middleweight title against Carlos Condit. Lawler wins via split decision in all-out battle The 5th round of Lawler-Condit may have been the greatest rounds in the […]
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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 […]
Updated UFC on Fox 17 ratings up to annual norm
MMA Fighting reports the final overnight ratings from Saturday’s UFC on Fox 17. The ratings almost mirror those from UFC on Fox the last 2 Decembers. The “fast” overnight rating for Saturday’s event featuring Rafael dos Anjos defending his title against Donald Cerrone drew 2.28 million viewers. The final overnight rating increased to 2,781,000 viewers. […]
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 […]
WSOF 26 draws 162,000 viewers
The World Series of Fighting drew an average viewership of 162,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network on Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. The event improved by 16% from last month’s show. WSOF 26 featured Alexandre Almeida defeating Lance Palmer and taking the WSOF featherweight title from Palmer. The event took place at The Chelsea […]