November 2nd would have been the date of Bellator’s first PPV which would have featured Rampage Jackson facing Tito Ortiz in the main event. However, due to an injury to Ortiz, he was a late scratch for the event. As a result, Bellator cancelled its pay per view and placed the event on Spike TV. […]
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Broner-Maidana on Showtime: 1.3 million
Showtime’s Executive Vice President Stephen Espinoza reported that last week’s Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Maidana on the network did 1.3 million viewers. ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported the ratings via twitter. The fight which featured the undefeated, brash Broner versus the brawler Maidana was a slugfest. Maidana put Broner down on the canvas twice although Broner […]
UFC on Fox 9: 2.8 million viewers
MMA Fighting reports UFC on Fox 9 did a 1.8 national rating and received a total of 2.8 million viewers after further calibration to include overrun and west coast viewership. The overnight ratings received an average viewership of 2.41 million viewers. According to MMA Fighting, the show’s strongest markets were Tulsa, which did a 3.7, […]