Ratings Report: Bellator 147 averages 656k, peaks at 833k

Bellator 147 took place on Friday night at the San Jose State University Events Center in San Jose, California and the card was headlined by Josh Thomson winning his second straight fight with a TKO victory against Pablo Villaseca.

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According to Nielson sources, Bellator 147’s preliminary live average viewership landed at 656,000 viewers and the show peaked at 833,000 viewers at 11:03 p.m. ET during the main event fight between Thomson and Villaseca.

When it came to the sports competition, Bellator went up against a NBA doubleheader on ESPN (2.145 and 1.108 million) and a College Football game on ESPN2 (1.034 million.

Bellator 147 was the final Bellator event of 2015 and the average viewership in the live ratings was 747,000. When it comes to the non-tent pole events, the average in 2015 was 656,000 and the complete live ratings for Bellator in 2015 are below.

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
Bellator 141: 666,000
Bellator 142: 800,000 *
Bellator 143: 669,000
Bellator 144: 555,000
Bellator 145: 814,000 *
Bellator 146: 650,000
Bellator 147: 656,000

* – Tent Pole Event