Bellator 140 averages 722k; 3rd largest non-tent pole event viewership in 2015

Bellator 140 took place on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut and the card was headlined by Andrey Koreshkov defeating Douglas Lima by decision to win the welterweight title.

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According to Nielson sources, Bellator 140’s preliminary live viewership landed at 722,000 total viewers and this is the third largest viewership for a non-tent pole event in 2015.

The main event title fight averaged 890,000 viewers and the card peaked at 977,000 viewers at 11:41 p.m. ET.

With the viewership from Friday night, the overall average for a Bellator event in 2015 is 794,000 viewers and the complete television history for Bellator under Scott Coker is below.

Bellator 122: 572,000
Bellator 123: 667,000
Bellator 124: 771,000
Bellator 125: 742,000
Bellator 126: 656,000
Bellator 127: 609,000
Bellator 128: 668,000
Bellator 129: 564,000
Bellator 130: 664,000
Bellator 131: 1.2 million *
Bellator 132: 767,000
Bellator 133: 565,000
Bellator 134: 872,000 *
Bellator 135: 607,000
Bellator 136: 655,000
Bellator 137: 594,000
Bellator 138: 1.6 million *
Bellator 139: 764,000
Bellator 140: 722,000

* – Tent Pole Event