ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that the replay of the Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez fight on HBO drew 970,000 viewers and peaked at 1.126 million. It was the opening of the HBO Boxing After Dark telecast which drew 954,000 viewers overall and was the most-watched BAD card of the year. The live main event which featured Ruslan […]
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UFC 174 Prelims on FX: 784,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that the UFC 174 Prelims on FX received an average viewership of 784,000 viewers. Saturday’s prelims aired on FX due to conflicts on FS1 and FS2. Saturday’s prelims featured Kiichi Kunimoto and Daniel Safarian in the last match before the start of the PPV. Kunimoto pulled off the upset here and […]
UFC 174: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 174 from Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where Demetrious Johnson showed why he is the pound for pound best fighter in the UFC. Mighty Mouse outclasses Bagautinov Rousey may be the biggest draw, Jones may be the face, […]
TUF 19 Episode 9: 445,000
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Wednesday’s 9th episode of TUF 19 received a viewership of 445,000. The rating is a slight decrease from the prior week. The same night replay at 1pm ET received a viewership of 162,000 viewers which doubled the average audience from the prior week’s replay. Episode 1 […]
Bellator 121: 668,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that Bellator 121 which aired on Friday night received an average viewership of 668,000 viewers with a peak of 904,000 viewers according to Nielsen sources. In the main event of the night, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou submitted Terry Davinney. In addition, James Thompson KO’d Eric Prindle Bellator 121 marks the start of […]