COKER vs BJORN by the numbers a viewership breakdown of sorts

[FKA]

People always talk about comparing Bjorn era vs Coker era in Bellator and i've decided to check it out myself.

Im going to do a comparison of the AVERAGE VIEWERS as well as the overall viewers drawn in.


The trick here is bjorn was around a bit longer then coker has been.....so i've decided to do 63 events since thats the amount of events since coker took over.

So we will compare cokers 63 events since taking over to bjorns events from his last event and back.

(Again these are the averages not the peak numbers.Numbers are found at mmapayout.com)






Lets start with bjorn its ....

Bellator 58-121 average viewers


58)269,000
59)265,000
60)169,000
61)108,000
62)175,000
63)140,000
64)175,000
65)163,000
66)109,000
67)165,000
68)169,000
69)209,000
70)119,000
71)229,000
72)193,000
73)167,000
74)190,000
75)145,000
76)175,000
77)149,000
78)154,000
79)220,000
80)148,000
81)149,000
82)156,000
83)105,000
84)191,000
85)938,000(Debut on SPIKE)
86)812,000
87)795,000
88)807,000
89)719,000
90)737,000
91)901,000
92)741,000
93)748,000
94)713,000
95)901,000
96)480,000
97)678,000
98)437,000
99)660,000
100)736,000
101)649,000
102)675,000
103)539,000
104)615,000
105)520,000
106)1.1 million
107)683,000
108)793,000
109)691,000
110)880,000
111)653,000
112)649,000
113)507,000
114)711,000
115)830,000
116)642,000
117)617,000
118)701,000
119)511,000
121)688,000

Total number of viewers drawn=30,492,000

Average viewers =484,000






Ok now Cokers turn....


Its Bellator 122-185


122)582,000
123)667,000
124)771,000
125)742,000
126)656,000
127)670,000
128)731,000
129)683,000
130)755,000
131)1.8 million
132)767,000
133)606,000
134)872,000
135)607,000
136)655,000
137)594,000
138)1.5 million
139)764,000
140)722,000
141)666,000
142)800,000
143)669,000
144)555,000
145)814,000
146)650,000
147)656,000
148)566,000
149)1.9 m
150)733,000
151)768,000
152)580,000
153)618,000
154)709,000
155)653,000
156)482,000
157)675,000
158)556,000
159)668,000
160)725,000
161)686,000
162)582,000
163)507,000
164)555,000
165)597,000
166)613,000
167)545,000
168)529,000
169)643,000
170)1.374M
171)720,000
172)807,000
173)557,000
174)686,000
175)909,000
176)496,000
177)577,000
178)733,000
179)607,000
180)901,000
181)573,000
182)565,000
183)646,000
184)437,000
185)476,000



Total viewers drawn = 46,145,000

Average viewers = 732,460

 

[kingcillo24]

The average doesn't mean much when MTV2 numbers are included.

 

[GueseGuy]

The average doesn't mean much when MTV2 numbers are included.

Yeah you should do the averages just for the Spike era. Having the MTV ones kinda skews the average towards Coker's tenure.

 

[Deleted member 510653]

I like Coker a lot but I miss the Bjorn era

 

[FKA]

Ask and you shall recieve....

This is a numbers comparison between Bjorn era Bellator and Cokers current Bellaforce.

This will only include numbers from Bjorns era from when they got onto SPIKE until Bjorn was ousted.That consists of 37 events(i will include ppv prelim#s avg)so Cokers numbers will start from the event he first was in charge of and end in the same # of events as Bjorn was on spike...37.




Here we go....

BJORN ERA VIEWESHIP AVERAGES....

Bellator 85-121

85)938,000 avg viewers
86)812,000
87)705,000
88)807,000
89)714,000
90)737,000
91)901,000
92)741,000
93)748,000
94)713,000
95)901,000
96)480,000
97)678,000
98)437,000
99)660,000
100)736,000
101)648,000
102)675,000
103)539,000
104)615,000
105)520,000
106)1.1M
107)683,000
108)793,000
109)691,000
110)880,000
111)653,000
112)649,000
113)507,000
114)711,000
115)830,000
116)742,000
117)617,000
118)701,000
119)511,000
120)712,000(Prelims average on spike)
121)668,000


TOTAL VIEWERS=24,004,000

AVERAGE VIEWERS ON SPIKE=648,756


Ok Coker era .....
Bellator 122-159

122)582,000 avg viewers
123)667,000
124)771,000
125)742,000
126)656,000
127)609,000
128)668,000
129)564,000
130)640,000
131)1.2m
132)767,000
133)565,000
134)872,000
135)607,000
136)655,000
137)594,000
138)1.58m
139)764,000
140)722,000
141)666,000
142)800,000
143)669,000
144)555,000
145)814,000
146)650,000
147)656,000
148)566,000
149)1.964m
150)733,000
151)768,000
152)580,000
153)618000
154)556,000
155)653,000
156)482,000
157)675,000
158)556,000
159)668,000


TOTAL VIEWERS=27,854,000

AVERAGE VIEWERS=752,810

 

[qw3rty]

I like Coker a lot but I miss the Bjorn era

me too
Only issue was when the tournaments have the same guys fighting each other every year

 

[FKA]

I went back over my numbers i mixed some shit up on this one anyway....

I posted another thread with accurate numbers .

Bjorn era from first SPIKE show til his ousting,and Coker era from his first show .

Check it out guys thx

 

[FKA]

So in total numbers Coker came out ahead by 3 million viewers attracted.

In average he also won by 100,000 viewers.



Its proven Coker reigns supreme!!!

 

[CC27]

Coker sucks.

As much as I hated Bjorn I have to say his Bellator was more interesting.

 

[FKA]

Tourneys got old.....

No one wanted to go through the whole tourney after a while,plus it keeps champions out too long from defending.

A side from tourneys bjork had nothing.....no production values,no one wanted to sign in Bellator unless it was last option.


Watch PFL fail and you can see how bjorns version woulda panned out.....atleast pfl is paying good tho.

 

[FKA]

If coker didn't takeover,the perception of Bellator would never have changed and the ability to nab the free agents they have never woulda happened.


Coker has the respect of fighters and managers,they love working with him......same couldn't be said for bjorn.

Bjorn deserves props for building the brand up and doing what he could but his model of nonstop tourneys and season format got stale and undermined itself after a while.

Watch PFL with much more resources fail using the tourney and season model and you can see where bjorn woulda ended up.

 

[tfcfights]

So in total numbers Coker came out ahead by 3 million viewers attracted.

In average he also won by 100,000 viewers.



Its proven Coker reigns supreme!!!

Coker is way better bellator was a mess b4 him

 

[UhHuhSure]

I dont know but Bjorn was a revolutionary in MMA and Coker is a brilliant promoter

 

[Deleted member 510653]

Yeah but Rebney era Bellator was at least different

I know what Scott is doing trying to build their brand and it could take God knows how many years for it to reach his vision

Bjorn's Bellator had a lot of pluses imo

It was different than the UFC

I got to look forward to MMA every Friday and always had beer, popcorn, or pizza ready and felt like I got to know their homegrown talent real well

I knew people who weren't into MMA like that that became fans because of Bellator on Spike every weekend

I think when Bjorn left, Coker should've changed the name. Bellator was Bjorn's baby imo

Bellator is now like a refuge for disgruntled UFC fighters to come to. I have no problem with that, just wish it was called something different

But the one guy I cannot stand from the old days is still Michael C. Williams announcing.. He's too over the top, he reminds me of Jefferson from Married With Children and is annoying af I think

That's the only gripe I have really lol

 

[justbetter]

Ask and you shall recieve....

Can we see what happens when you compare Coker's last 37 events? so from Bellator 148 - 185

 

[savemgs]

I like Coker a lot but I miss the Bjorn era

so he can fuck the fighters?

 

[CC27]

Maybe my math is off but I did it twice and the BJorn numbers I got were

26,153,000 for an average of 706k

 

[Lucifer Alpha]

Take away Kimbo and that number drops significantly.

 

[orangecuse]

Doesn't really seem like much of a difference considering they've also spent a significant amount of money to get UFC names, Kimbo, etc compared to Bjorn's building it from the ground up. Less promotion and advertising during Bjorn era. Heck I bet the cost of the MSG show alone equals like half of the first tourney season when Bjorn started the company.

 

[AGEZ909]

Important to keep in mind that the landscape was different a couple of years ago as well.

I don’t expect cokers cable ratings to hold up. Cable is dwindling. Compre Coker’s spike in 82m homes to rebneys spike in 98m homes

I fully expect Coker’s tv ratings to continue to dwindle.

Does anybody know of anyone who does any reporting on streams? Anything at all?