The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand offered up predictions for 2017 in sports media. One of his predictions was how much and with what media outlet the UFC would sign with when its current media rights deal ends. He predicts that the UFC would re-up with Fox for $300 million per year. The prediction is […]
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TUF 24 Finale draws 1.032M viewers, Prelims 887K
The Ultimate Fighter Finale on FS1 Saturday drew 1.032 million viewers per Sports TV Ratings. The Prelims drew 887,000 viewers. The main card aired from 10:00-1:32am on FS1 and featured Demetrious Johnson successfully defending his title against TUF 24 winner Tim Elliott. The main card drew 531,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 category per Sports […]
Bellator 166 draws 613,000 viewers
Bellator 166 drew 613,000 viewers on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. The event represents a modest increase over the last several televised events and the first one over 600,000 viewers since Bellator 161. Bellator 166 featured Eduardo Dantas as he defeated Joe Warren in the main event. Per Sports TV Ratings, the […]
TUF 24 Episode 12 DVR + 3 viewership: 628,000 viewers
Episode 12 of TUF 24 drew 628,000 viewers on FS1 per Nielsen when factoring in DVR +3 information. The DVR ratings represents a 41% bump from Live + SD viewership. The average viewership for DVR +3 ratings was approximately 564,000 viewers. The highest viewed episode this season was episode 3 which drew 441,000 viewers Live […]
TUF 24 Episode 12 draws 386,000 viewers
The 12th and final episode of TUF 24 drew 386,000 viewers on FS1 Wednesday night. The season drew an average live viewership of just 343,000. In the TUF final, Tim Elliott prevailed over Hiromasa Ogikubo to become The Ultimate Fighter. While the show’s concept this season was unique, Elliott’s win was leaked months ago and […]