Bellator MMA Live 94: 713,000 viewers

MMA Fighting reports that Bellator MMA Live (94) scored a viewer average of 713,000 this past Thursday. The immediate replay received an average of 359,000 viewers.

Bellator 85: 938,000 viewers

Bellator 86: 812,000 viewers

Bellator 87: 705,000 viewers

Bellator 88: 807,000 viewers

Bellator 89: 719,000 viewers

Bellator 90: 737,000 viewers

Bellator 91: 901,000 viewers

Bellator 92: 741,000 viewers

Bellator 93: 748,000 viewers

The lead-in, TNA’s Impact Wrestling received 1.49 million viewers for a 0.5 rating according to Television By Numbers. This was slightly up from last week.

Payout Perspective:

Good ratings considering Bellator went up against NCAA Basketball. The show featured Emmanuel Newton as he defeated Mikhail Zayats in the main event. Newton was the surprising winner of the Light Heavyweight Tournament as “King” Mo Lawal and “Babalu” Sabral were early favorites to win but were upset. It would have been interesting to see the ratings if either Lawal or Sabral had made the final. But, as with March Madness that’s the unpredictable factor of the tournament.

http://mmapayout.com/2013/03/bellator-mma-live-94-713000-viewers/

Something to note, that imo will help Bellator.
You have got to stop starting the event with small fighters(bantomweight, featherweight). Im just being honest here, im fine with these guys but your average american has no interest in them, especially after seeing some big dudes on IMPACT, Start each event with a 170lb match or higher and imo it would keep the audience that may bail immediately, once the event starts and the guys are tiny.

Source: living around american's for 20+ years.