Bellator 130 took place on Friday night at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas and the card was headlined by Emanuel Newton retaining the Bellator light heavyweight title with a fifth round submission victory against Linton Vassell. 
According to Nielsen sources, Bellator 130’s preliminary live viewership landed at 664,000 total viewers and up 10 percent from last week’s number of 564,000.
The peak of the broadcast was 952,000 viewers and this is the sixth time this season that the peak has been over 900,000.
With the viewership from Friday night, the average for season eleven is now at 665,000 and this is down from the season ten main card average of 683,000. This was the eighth show of season eleven and after eight shows in season ten, the average viewership in the preliminary ratings was 683,000.
The television ratings for the eleventh season of Bellator are below.
Bellator 123:
Live+SD: 667,000 with peak of 979,000
+3 DVR: 777,000 with peak of 1,193,000
Bellator 124:
Live+SD: 771,000 with peak of 1,271,000
+3 DVR: 836,000 with peak of 1,429,000
Bellator 125:
Live+SD: 742,000 with peak of 1,120,000
+3 DVR: 796,000 with peak of 1,250,000
Bellator 126:
Live+SD: 656,000 with peak of 942,000
+3 DVR: 687,000 with peak of 1,011,000
Bellator 127:
Live+SD: 609,000 with peak of 780,000
+3 DVR: 670,000 with peak of 886,000
Bellator 128:
Live+SD: 668,000 with peak of 946,000
+3 DVR: 731,000 with peak of 990,000
Bellator 129:
Live+SD: 564,000 with peak of 780,000
+3 DVR: 683,000 with peak of 948,000
Bellator 130:
Live+SD: 664,000 with peak of 953,000
+3 DVR: Will be available later today
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