MMA Payout has learned that the prelims leading up to the Bellator PPV received an average rating of 712,000 viewers. In addition, MMA Payout has received the numbers for Bellator shoulder programming which aired on Saturday before the PPV. “Unrivaled: Michael Chandler,” which aired in the 7pm slot on Saturday on Spike received an average […]
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UFC Fight Night 40 DVR +3 ratings
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that last Saturday’s UFC Fight Night DVR+3 day ratings improved to 735,000 total viewers which is up from the Live+SD number of 655,000 viewers. In addition, the UFC Fight Night 40 Prelims which aired on FS2 did a 125,000 Live +Same Day average. The two hour Prelims aired prior […]
UFC Fight Night 40: 655,000 viewers; Post-fight coverage does well
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 40 received an average viewership of 655,000. In addition, UFC’s post-fight coverage Saturday night on Fox Sports Live had one of its highest rated shows on FS1. The ratings reflect a 2% increase from the last live event on FS1, the UFC TUF […]
Bellator 119: 511K; Mo v. Rampage program: 460K
MMA Payout has learned that Friday night’s Bellator 119 received an average viewership of 511,000 with a peak of 666,000 viewers. In addition, the shoulder programming for Bellator’s first PPV featuring King Mo vs. Rampage scored an average viewership of 460,000 viewers on Monday night. The Mo/Rampage shoulder programming rating was in line with Rampage’s […]
UFC Fight Night 40 bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the bonuses made from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 40. Matt Brown was he big winner tonight earning two performance bonuses in his main event win over Erick Silva. The bonuses were announced at the post-fight press conference. The bonus winners were: Matt Brown-Erick Silva: Fight of the Night Brown and Johnny Eduardo: […]