Bellator MMA

Ratings Report: Bellator 160 averaged 833k viewers in +3 DVR ratings

Bellator 160 took place this past Friday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California and the event was headlined by Benson Henderson securing a title shot in the lightweight division with a stoppage victory against former Bellator featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire.

In the preliminary television ratings (Live+SD), the fight card had 725,000 viewers and the card saw a 15 percent increase in viewership in the +3 DVR ratings with 833,000 viewers. The fight card peaked at 1.1 million viewers according to Spike and the broadcast ranked third in viewership in all of television for the day for live sports programming.

With the +3 DVR numbers from Friday night, Bellator is averaging 818,000 viewers this year in the +3 DVR ratings and the complete +3 DVR Ratings for Bellator in 2016 are below.

Bellator 148: 603k
Bellator 149: 2.2 million
Bellator 150: 809k
Bellator 151: 838k
Bellator 152: 619k
Bellator 153: 686k
Bellator 154: 775k
Bellator 155: 715k
Bellator 156: 538k
Bellator 157: 675k
Bellator 158: 640k
Bellator 159: 708k
Bellator 160: 833k