Bellator MMA Live drew 725,000 viewers on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. 160 represents a slight increase (approximately 8%) from Bellator 159 last month. The event featured Benson Henderson as he took on Patricio “Pitbull” Freire. Henderson won via TKO due to a broken leg sustained by Pitbull. Henderson will take on […]
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UFC on Fox 21 draws 2.22M viewers
Television By Numbers reports UFC on Fox 21 drew 2.22 million viewers last night on Fox. The event is down from July’s Fox event as it went up against NFL Preseason on CBS. The event featured Demian Maia taking on Carlos Condit in the main event. Maia submitted Condit in the first round. There was […]
Boxing and MMA come together this weekend
The LA Times did a feature in anticipation of this weekend’s MMA/Boxing doubleheader in Southern California this weekend. With Bellator having a show at the Honda Center in Anaheim Friday and PBC doing an event on Saturday, the story outlines the differences. Friday night’s card features former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson while Saturday features […]
Report: UFC 202 trending to 1.2M to 1.5M PPV buys
UFC 202 is trending to be one of the top PPV buys in the history of the company as Dave Meltzer is reporting that the estimated buys are ranging from 1.2 million to 1.5 million buys. UFC 202 featured the Conor-Nate II with McGregor taking the majority decision in an epic 5-round battle. The estimated […]
PBC on NBC Sunday draws massive ratings
In case you missed it, PBC on NBC Sunday afternoon drew a huge rating for the Errol Spence, Jr.-Leonard Bundu fight. The event drew an overall average viewership of 4.8 million viewers and a peak of 6.34 million making it the highest-rated PBC fight since its inception. As noted by ESPN’s Dan Rafael, the fight […]