CONTACTABOUTFACEBOOKTWITTERPODCAST IPHONE APPANDROID APPAMAZON APPWINDOWS APPRSS
NEW FORUM

GOT THE MMATORCH APP YET?
iPhone & iPad
Android
Kindle Fire
Windows Phone
MMATORCH IPHONE APP

MMATORCH

All the MMA News • Plus Intelligent, Brilliant, Addictive Points of View!
Independently Covering MMA Since 1993 • No Big Corporate Bosses

Bellator
Bellator 117 "Lima vs. Hawn" draws 617,000 viewers to Spike TV, up slightly from Bellator 116
Apr 22, 2014 - 11:45:32 AM
Bellator 117 "Lima vs. Hawn" draws 617,000 viewers to Spike TV, up slightly from Bellator 116
DISCUSS ALL THIS IN OUR NEW MMATORCH FORUM
...OH, ONE MORE THING - PLEASE BOOKMARK US & VISIT DAILY!



Bellator_MMA_logo_128.jpg


By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Bellator 117 saw a slight uptick in ratings from the previous week, scoring 617,000 average viewers on Spike TV.

The Douglas Lima vs. Rick Hawn headlined event increased viewership by 45,000 viewers from the Bellator 116 event the week before. However, it was still slightly lower than the UFC's mid-week offering, as "The Ultimate Fighter: Nations" Finale drew 641,000 viewers for the main card on Fox Sports 1.

The Spike TV broadcast peaked with 913,000 viewers. Bellator's roller-coaster season continues, with viewership ebbing and flowing from week to week.

Penick's Analysis: These are decent numbers, in line with most of the season. It's going to take the high-profile names to hit near the seven figure averages that they've received for their biggest events. Unfortunately, those names are going to be used next for their pay-per-view attempt, so this is likely to be closer to what they get down the stretch on Spike.


DON'T GO YET... WE SUGGEST THESE MMATORCH ARTICLES, TOO!
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson returning to Bellator MMA after settling litigation
Bellator's Coker defends "legend fights" like Shamrock-Gracie III: "Why not? We have something for everybody"
Bellator's Scott Coker: Discontent from Champ Will Brooks "how it works" in MMA, "just part of the business"

comments powered by Disqus
HERE ARE EVEN MORE ARTICLES THAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU

SELECT ARTICLES BY CATEGORY
SEARCH MMATORCH BY KEYWORD


MMATORCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF UPCOMING MMA EVENTS
CLICK TO SEE A UFC VIDEO BELOW

ARTICLES OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE
MMATORCH POLL - VOTE NOW!

Will T.J. Dillashaw and Urijah Faber eventually fight?
 
pollcode.com free polls

Do you think Daniel Cormier will defeat returning Jon Jones to legitimize UFC Light Heavyweight Title reign?
 
pollcode.com free polls

VOTE IN OR SEE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS POLLS

MMATORCH WEEKLY LIVECAST
Listen to the weekly MMATORCH LIVECAST on Blog Talk Radio


MMATORCH STAFF

EDITORS:

Wade Keller, supervising editor
(mmatorch@gmail.com)

Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
(mmatorcheditor@gmail.com)

STAFF COLUMNISTS:

Shawn Ennis - Jason Amadi
Frank Hyden - Rich Hansen
Chris Park - Matt Pelkey


Interested in joining MMATorch's writing team? Send idea for a theme to your column (for Specialist section) or area of interest (i.e. TV Reporter) along with a sample of writing to mmatorch@gmail.com.

MORE MMA SITES
CONTACTABOUTFACEBOOKTWITTERPODCAST IPHONE APPANDROID APPAMAZON APPWINDOWS APPRSS
THE TORCH: #1 IN COMBAT ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE | © 1999-2013 TDH Communications Inc. • All rights reserved -- PRIVACY POLICY