Bellator 155 took place on Friday night at the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho and the event was headlined by Rafael Carvalho retaining the middleweight title with a split decision victory against Melvin Manhoef
According to Nielson sources, Bellator 155’s preliminary live average viewership landed at 653,000 viewers and the average viewership for Bellator in 2016 in the preliminary ratings is 823,000.
When it came to the sports competition on Friday night, the night was won by NHL Eastern Conference Final on NBCSN between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Tampa Bay Lightning with 1.561 million viewers. Other top programs on cable included Alaskan Bush People on Discovery Channel (2.707 million), Ancient Aliens on Discovery (1.061 million) and Say Yes to the Dress on TLC (1.032 million).
The preliminary viewership ratings for Bellator in 2016 are below and the +3 DVR ratings for this fight card will be available later this week.
Bellator 148: 566,000
Bellator 149: 1,964,000
Bellator 150: 733,000
Bellator 151: 768,000
Bellator 152: 580,000
Bellator 153: 618,000
Bellator 154: 709,000
Bellator 155: 653,000