Bellator 59 ratings: Number holds steady, event draws 265,000 viewers

Ratings for Bellator Fighting Championships' final season-five event held steady from the previous week as Bellator 59 drew 265,000 viewers to MTV2.

The number marks the third-highest ratings figure of Bellator's fifth season

(www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the ratings information with an industry source, who also said an immediate replay of the fight card drew 136,000 viewers.

Bellator 59 took place Nov. 26 at Ceasars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, N.J. The main card aired on MTV2, and the prelims streamed on Spike.com.

The night's featured an odd ending to its main event, as Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos' heavyweight tournament finale was declared a no contest following a Santos kick to the groin that was not declared a foul.

The main card also saw Patricky "Pitbull" Freire down Kurt Pellegrino in a non-title affair and Eduardo Dantas claim the company's bantamweight tournament title over Alexis Vila.

In additional Bellator ratings news, an encore airing of Bellator 58's Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez bout also drew 237,000 viewers.

The all-time Bellator-MTV2 ratings include:

Bellator 35 ratings: 200,000 viewers
Bellator 36 ratings: 230,000
Bellator 37 ratings: 173,000
Bellator 38 ratings: 150,000
Bellator 39 ratings: 174,000
Bellator 40 ratings: 218,000
Bellator 41 ratings: 132,000
Bellator 42 ratings: 199,000
Bellator 43 ratings: 182,000
Bellator 44 ratings: 325,000
Bellator 45 ratings: 264,000
Bellator 46 ratings: 185,000
Bellator 47 ratings: 277,000
Bellator 48 ratings: 226,000
Bellator 49 ratings: 235,000
Bellator 50 ratings: 114,000
Bellator 51 ratings: 158,000
Bellator 52 ratings: 269,000
Bellator 53 ratings: 103,000
Bellator 54 ratings: 185,000
Bellator 55 ratings: 168,000
Bellator 56 ratings: 154,000
Bellator 57 ratings: 129,000
Bellator 58 ratings: 269,000
Bellator 59 ratings: 265,000

Bellator's 11 season-five events averaged a total of 186,300 viewers per show. Bellator's three monthly "Summer Series" events averaged 229,300 viewers. Season four, which took place earlier this year, averaged 204,000 viewers.
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and in that time, the UFC ratings have declined.

WIN BELLA.

I find it interesting that Bellator 58 got good ratings even thogh there was a ufc event on ppv.

Bellator will only go uphill once they are officially on SPIKE. Things are looking promising OUTSIDE of the UFC.

ZuffaKiller wrote:I find it interesting that Bellator 58 got good ratings even thogh there was a ufc event on ppv.

The main event ended before the UFC Pay per view even started.

^^^So most Bellator events that were on the same night as ufc ppvs got low ratings. And those ufc events had prelims on spike as did ufc 139 which was on the same night as bellator 58.