Bellator 159 took place this past Friday night at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas and the event was headlined by Joe Taimanglo scoring one of the biggest upsets in Bellator history as he defeated Darrion Caldwell by submission.
In the preliminary television ratings (Live+SD), the fight card had 668,000 viewers and the card saw a 6 percent increase in viewership in the +3 DVR ratings with 709,000 viewers. The fight card peaked at 1,015,000 viewers and Bellator 159 ranked number one in viewership for sports programming on cable on Friday, July 22.
With the +3 DVR numbers from Friday night, Bellator is averaging 817,000 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
Bellator 157: 675k
Bellator 158: 640k
Bellator 159: 708k