Bellator on 11/16 did 381,000 viewers

[FrankieNYC]

Meltzers Newsletter:
Bellator on 11/16 did 381,000 viewers for the taped show from Tel Aviv, Israel, headlined by Patricio Pitbull Freire’s featherweight title defense over Emmanuel Sanchez. That number is probably slightly above what I would have expected, but below Paramount’s 444,000 average for the year. With DVR viewership, the show added 67,000 viewers and peaked at 574,000 total during the Phil Davis vs. Vadim Nemkov match, so the ex-UFC star meant more in a prelim than the Pitbull title defense in the main event.

 

[TheEmperorRises]

Davis and Nemkov were the co-main, not prelims.

 

[GSPTrainingInAPool]

so they did 574k during the event & then another 381k on a taped broadcast? that doesn't sound too bad to me

 

[FrankieNYC]

so they did 574k during the event & then another 381k on a taped broadcast? that doesn't sound too bad to me

No the 574k was the highest viewed seg
The average was 381k

 

[GSPTrainingInAPool]

No the 574k was the highest viewed seg
The average was 381k

lol so I couldn't be more wrong

 

[FrankieNYC]

lol so I couldn't be more wrong

All good
It gets confusing until you know the wordings

 

[GSPTrainingInAPool]

All good
It gets confusing until you know the wordings

couldn't find a good history of their ratings like UFC ppv buys. but from the few cards I found, doesn't seem that bad. highly average i'd say

 

[FrankieNYC]

couldn't find a good history of their ratings like UFC ppv buys. but from the few cards I found, doesn't seem that bad. highly average i'd say

They are down 20-25% this year as compared to 2017
It was about 60k off the 2017 average

but it was a taped card so that will make the number smaller
All considering it seems like what they could realistically hope for.

 

[TheEmperorRises]

They are down 20-25% this year as compared to 2017
It was about 60k off the 2017 average

but it was a taped card so that will make the number smaller
All considering it seems like what they could realistically hope for.

I watched it in DAZN.

 

[jason73]

the card was in the middle of a work day and not even aired live. what did you expect

 

[SuperPig]

I'm genuinely surprised that it was that high. Considering how hard it was to even accidentally stumble upon the results most people probably assumed it was live.

So while it was a weak number it's almost a really positive number... That makes my head hurt.

 

[member 3289]

Crazy they couldn't broadcast it live, even on DAZN.

But because apparently none of the so-called MMA Media outlets wanted to pay their people to fly to Israel and cover the event, it was difficult to get live results. Not impossible, but difficult.

Like @Song2. said, most people prob thought it was live.