Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition, we take a look at UFC 236 which took place at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia where fans were witness to two of the best championship fights in recent history. Poirier earns lightweight title with win over Holloway Dustin Poirier was too big for […]
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ONE Championship debut draws 176,000 on TNT
ONE Championship MMA: A New Era drew 176,000 viewers Monday night on TNT for the replay of its Tokyo event this past weekend per Nielsen. The event was also available live on the B/R App live. Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez made their promotional debuts on the card. Johnson earned a second round submission over […]
UFC Fight Night on ESPN 2 draws 828,000 viewers, Prelims draw 480,000
UFC Fight Night on ESPN 2 drew 828,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims which also aired on ESPN drew 480,000 viewers. The main card saw Justin Gaethje KO Edson Barboza in the first round of the main event. The event from Philadelphia drew 330,000 in the A18-49 demo and a 0.53 […]
Bellator 219 draws 307,000 viewers on Paramount
Bellator 219 took place Friday night in Temecula, California and drew 307,000 viewers on the Paramount Network per Nielsen. The main event saw a good scrap between Brandon Girtz and Saad Awad. Girtz defeated Awad in the lightweight matchup. The event also saw the return of Daniel Straus as he submitted Shane Kruchten via first-round […]
PBC on FS1 Prelims score 421,000 viewers
The PBC on FS1 Prelims this past Saturday drew 421,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The PBC Prefight show which supported the Spence-Garcia PPV drew 404,000 on FS1. The prelims on FS1 aired just one fight with heavyweight champion Charles Martin taking on Gregory Corbin. Martin won via DQ over Corbin. The prefight […]