Bellator 60 ratings: Season-six opener draws 169,000 MTV2 viewers

This past weekend's Bellator 60 event, which kicked off the organization's sixth season, averaged 169,000 MTV2 viewers.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the ratings information with Viacom/MTV2 officials.

The event took place this past Friday, March 3, at The Venue at Horseshoe Hammond in Hammond, Ind. In addition to Pat Curran dethroning 145-pound champ Joe Warren, Bellator's season-six featherweight tourney kicked off at the event.

Four bouts aired on the MTV2 main card (which also aired in high-definition on EPIX), and the prelims streamed on Spike.com. Although Spike doesn't release figures on the number of online viewers, an official said the figures were up 58 percent compared to the season-five average.

Bellator 60 faced competition from "The Ultimate Fighter: Live" debut on FX, which averaged 1.3 million viewers.

The Bellator 60 ratings didn't match those from the fifth season, which averaged 186,000 viewers over 11 events. Prior to that, a three-show "Summer Series" averaged 229,000 viewers, and season four averaged 204,000.

The all-time Bellator-MTV2 ratings include:

Bellator 60 ratings: 169,000 viewers
Bellator 49-59 (season five) ratings: 186,000
Bellator 46-48 (Summer Series) ratings: 229,000
Bellator 35-45 (season four) ratings: 204,000

need more zuffa hype machine

^^^No just needs joe warren warming up before fight