Bellator 170 drew 1.374 million viewers on Saturday night on Spike TV per Sports TV Ratings. It peaked at 1.85 million viewers during the Chael Sonnen-Tito Ortiz fight per Spike TV. Sports TV Ratings notes that it drew 703,000 in the A18-49 demo. Spike TV notes that the co-main event between Paul Daley and Brennan […]
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Golden Boy-ESPN announce TV deal
Golden Boy Promotions and ESPN have entered into an agreement to air the promotion’s fights on the sports network according to ESPN. The first of 42 fights will begin airing in March. The events will take place on Thursday, Friday or Saturday nights which will mark a return to boxing on ESPN. Tecate will sponsor […]
Showtime event featuring Jack-Degale draws 454,000 viewers
Showtime Boxing’s event featuring Badou Jack and James DeGale drew 454,000 viewers on Saturday night. The overall event scored 391,000 per Nielsen. According to Sports TV Ratings, the event drew 175,000 viewers in the A18-49 rating. The entertaining fight which sought to unify the super middleweight belts ended in a draw. Each fighter was down […]
(UPDATED with peak #s) UFC Fight Night 103 draws over 1M viewers
UFC Fight Night 103 drew 1.090 million viewers on FS1 Sunday night per Sports TV Ratings. The prelims drew 824,000 viewers on FS1. UPDATED: The show peaked with 1,604,000 viewers between 12-12:15am. It was the No. 1 viewership in the A18-49 category from 8pm-12:15am ET. The postfight show averaged 364,000 which is tied for the […]
Coaches for TUF 25 announced
The next season of The Ultimate Fighter will feature bantamweight coaches T.J. Dillashaw and newly crowned champ Cody Garbrandt according to a UFC press release. The long-running series will continue with former competitors from past seasons on the show. The new season begins on FS1 on April 19th with a two hour premiere. Payout Perspective: […]