Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at the Spike TV network debut of Bellator, which was headlined by the Bellator Lightweight title bout between champ Michael Chandler and tournament winner Rick Hawn. The co-main event featured a Featherweight title bout between Champ Pat Curran and tournament winner […]
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Bellator 360 ratings down to 350K average
MMA Junkie reports that Bellator’s original show, “Bellator 360” scored an average of 350,000 viewers for its two hour block of programming on Thursday. The first episode on January 10th aired at 10 p.m. ET and received an average of 397,000 viewers. The second episode aired at 11 p.m. ET and received just 303,000 viewers. […]
UFC Primetime for Rousey-Carmouche
MMA Junkie reports that the next UFC Primetime series will feature Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche in leadup to UFC 157. The three part series will commence February 8th on Fuel TV. Via MMA Junkie: Following the Friday-night debuts (which also include Feb. 15 and Feb. 22), FX reairs “UFC Primetime: Rousey vs. Carmouche” the […]
Bellator 360: 487 viewer average
MMA Junkie reports that Bellator 360’s debut on Thursday night received a viewer average of 487,000. Its debut featured a two hour block. The first episode scored a 461,000 viewer average and the second episode of Bellator 360 running immediately after the first episode earned a higher average of 513,000 viewers. The one hour shows […]