Bellator 131 took place last Saturday night in San Diego, California and the preliminary television ratings (Live+SD) had 1.2 million viewers with a peak viewership of 2 million.
The ratings for the broadcast went up 16 percent in the +3 DVR numbers with 1.4 million viewers and the new peak of the broadcast in now 2,246,000 viewers at 11:54 p.m ET.
The average viewership for the main event fight between Tito Ortiz and Stephan Bonnar was 2 million and their was 2 million viewers for 17 of the 26 minutes for this fight. In terms of key demographic numbers, it drew a 1.8 in Men 18-49 and a 1.7 in Men 18-34.
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 952,000
+3 DVR: 755,000 with peak of 1,140,000
Bellator 131:
Live+SD: 1.2 million with peak of 2 million
+3 DVR: 1.4 million with peak of 2.24 million
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