Bellator 156 took place this past Friday night at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California and the event was headlined by Eduardo Dantas becoming a two-time Bellator bantamweight champion as he defeated Marcos Galvao by unanimous decision.
In the preliminary television ratings (Live+SD), the fight card had 482,000 viewers and the card saw a 12 percent increase in viewership in the +3 DVR ratings with 538,000 viewers. When it comes to the peak viewership of the broadcast, that came at 10:19 p.m. with 707,000 viewers
With the +3 DVR numbers from Friday night, Bellator is averaging 865,000 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