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Bellator FC Bellator MMA (Bellator) is the 2nd largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the USA and the largest tournament-based MMA organization in the world. Headquartered in Newport Beach, California, the company was formed in 2008 by Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. Bellator’s events are primarily structured around tournaments. The tournament winner is declared the number one contender in their respective weight class, and is awarded a check for $100,000 and a shot at the reigning Bellator champion. Bellator uses the motto “The Toughest Tournament In Sports” Bellator FC now airs on Spike TV Thursday nights!
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01-18-2013, 05:36 PM
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Bellator's debut on Spike pulls impressive numbers
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Bellator's Season 8 debut produced "fantastic" ratings, according to Spike TV President Kevin Kay.
With the move from MTV2 to Spike TV, Thursday's Bellator 85 event averaged 938,000 viewers, nearly three times the organization's previous record.
Bellator 85 took place at Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif. Featherweight champion Pat Curran and lightweight champion Michael Chandler made successful tittle defenses on the four-fight main card, which followed Spike.com prelims.
The Spike TV broadcast peaked with a 1.2 rating and nearly 1.1 million viewers for the opening fight betweem Curran and challenger Patricio "Pitbull" Freire. The night's other title fight, Chandler vs. Rick Hawn, averaged 950,000 viewers before the audience saw a noticeable dropoff after midnight (the broadcast officially ran until 12:12 a.m. ET).
Compared to the Season 7 debut, ratings were up 394 percent.
Bellator's previous ratings record came in May 2011, when Bellator 44 drew 325,000 viewers. Overall, Bellator's 50 events on MTV2 averaged 180,000 viewers per event.
Bellator's all-time ratings include: - Bellator 85 ratings: 938,000 viewers
- Bellator 74-84 ratings (Season 7 average on MTV2): 162,000
- Bellator 71-73 ratings (Summer Series average on MTV2): 180,000
- Bellator 60-70 ratings (Season 6 average on MTV2): 155,000
- Bellator 49-59 ratings (Season 5 average on MTV2): 186,000
- Bellator 46-48 ratings (Summer Series average on MTV2): 229,000
- Bellator 35-45 ratings (Season 4 average on MTV2): 204,000
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01-18-2013, 10:38 PM
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I watched the show, and I enjoyed the Hell out of it!
I am very pleased to see many others did too. This was the first that I've seen of Bellator, can't say I'm very familiar with it, but I definitely want to see a lot more of it.
I want to see nothing but success for MMA.
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01-18-2013, 11:03 PM
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Bellator is awesome man. I love their 170, 155, and 145 divisions.
This isn't a bad number at all, first time on Spike against Heat/Lakers and Pharmstrong. King Mo's on next week and I have no idea what TNA has done with him since I don't watch it but I expect it to be around what the UFC did on FX last year.
It'll be interesting to see how people receive Askren though, a lot of people don't dig his style and he makes no apologies about it either.
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