Bellator MMA 158 on Saturday drew an average viewership of 556,000 viewers on Spike TV per Sports TV Ratings. The tape delayed event from the UK featured Paul Daley vs. Douglas Lima but the highlight of the night was Michael Page’s knee knockout of Cyborg Santos. The flying knee caused Santos to undergo surgery for […]
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Spike TV announces back-to-back Bellator and PBC cards
Bellator and PBC will have an end of summer card on back-to-back nights at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California August 26th and 27th. Benson Henderson will headline the Bellator card on Friday night while Robert Guerrero will fight in the main event on the PBC card Saturday. Henderson faces Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and Robert […]
UFC Fight Night: 609K, Prelims 311K
UFC Fight Night 91 drew 609,000 viewers on Wednesday night according to Nielsen. The event airing from 6pm to 8:43pm PT was the highest-rated sports event on cable television per Sports TV Ratings. However, it was the lowest-rated Fight Night this year. The event which featured Jon Lineker taking out Michael MacDonald drew 298,000 viewers […]
TUF 23 Episode 12 draws biggest ratings of season
The Ultimate Fighter 23 Episode 12 drew the highest rated episode of the season. It drew 601,000 (354,000 in the adult 18-49 demo) in overnight ratings and then increased to 798,000 viewers in adjusted DVR ratings. The final episode of the season set up the fights we saw last Friday at the TUF 23 Finale […]