Bellator 116 took place on Friday night at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California and the card was headlined by the heavyweight tournament semifinals as Blagoi Ivanov and Alexander Volkov advance to finals with stoppage victories.
According to Nielsen sources, Bellator 116’s preliminary viewership landed at 572,000 total viewers and has since increased 12 percent to 642,000 total viewers thanks to the live+3 DVR numbers.
When it came to the live peak audience, the live+3 DVR also increased that number to 919,000 peak viewers (10:46 p.m.) and that is an increase of 17.5 percent.
The 12 percent increase in average viewership marks the third time in season ten that the live+3 DVR numbers have shown at least a 12 percent increase. Bellator 116 is currently the second lowest viewership of the season as the lowest viewership for this season came last month at Bellator 113.
As a reminder, this adjustments was due to the live + 3 (DVR) numbers which will be released every Tuesday. For those new to Nielsen ratings terminology, live + 3 is a equal to a total of live viewership plus 3 days worth of DVR usage.
The live+3 DVR average television ratings for this season of Bellator are below.
Bellator 110: 1,000,000
Bellator 111: 718,000
Bellator 112: 748,000
Bellator 113: 567,000
Bellator 114: 800,000
Bellator 115: 874,000
Bellator 116: 642,000
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