Bellator 118 took place on Friday night at the Oviation Hall inside the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey and the card was headlined by Joe Warren winning the interim bantamweight title with a decision victory over Rafael Silva.
According to Nielsen sources, Bellator 118’s preliminary viewership landed at 701,000 total viewers and has since increased 8 percent to 758,000 total viewers thanks to the live+3 DVR numbers.
When it came to the live peak audience, the live+3 DVR also increased that number to 1,117,000 peak viewers and that is an increase of 9 percent.
Bellator 118 is now the fourth highest rated show during season ten of Bellator, with only Bellator 110, 114, and 115 drawing bigger viewership. Friday night’s card marked the third straight event that the television viewership has increased.
As a reminder, this adjustments was due to the live + 3 (DVR) numbers which will be released every Tuesday. For those new to Nielsen ratings terminology, live + 3 is a equal to a total of live viewership plus 3 days worth of DVR usage.
The live+3 DVR average television ratings for this season of Bellator are below.
Bellator 110: 1,000,000
Bellator 111: 718,000
Bellator 112: 748,000
Bellator 113: 567,000
Bellator 114: 800,000
Bellator 115: 874,000
Bellator 116: 642,000
Bellator 117: N/A
Bellator 118: 758,000
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