Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at Saturday night’s Bellator 106 from Long Beach, California with a main event featuring Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler. Alvarez wins title on return For all the “true” MMA fans this was always the main event and not Tito-Rampage. Of course, if […]
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Bellator 106: 1.1 million viewers
Bellator 106 which featured Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez on Spike TV Saturday night scored a 1.1 million viewers. According to a SpikeTV/Bellator press release, the show peaked at 1.4 million viewers. Per Spike TV/Bellator press release: The highly-anticipated rematch of two of the best lightweights in the world, Bellator MMA’s Michael Chandler and Eddie […]
TUF 18 Episode 9: 452,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that Episode 9 of TUF 18 received a viewer average of only 452,000 viewers. It is the lowest output for this season. TUF 18 Episodes Episode 1: 762,000 viewers Episode 2: 870,000 viewers Episode 3: 639,000 viewers Episode 4: 778,000 viewers Episode 5: 640,000 viewers Episode 6: 725,000 viewers Episode 7: 672,000 viewers Episode 8: 476,000 viewers Payout Perspective: Last week’s […]
UFC 165 and 166 PPV buys disappoint
MMA Fighting reports that UFC 165 and UFC 166 PPV buys are lower than expected. The poor showings are disappointing as the UFC expected to finish strong to end the year. According to Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting, UFC 165 did somewhere between 300,000 and 325,000 PPV buys. Numbers have not been released for UFC […]
Bellator 105: 520,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that Bellator MMA Live on Friday received an average viewership of 520,000 viewers. The show peaked at 723,000 viewers. Bellator 98 – 437,000 viewers Bellator 99 – 660,000 viewers, 704,000 DVR+3 Bellator 100 – 700,000 viewers, 736,000 DVR+3 Bellator 101 – 649,000 viewers, 710,000 DVR +3 Bellator 102 – 675,000 viewers. 774,000 DVR +3 Bellator […]