Bellator 156 Averages 482k Viewers

[CC27]

Jed I. Goodman ‏@jedigoodman
#bellator156 avg'd 482k viewers. All 2016 #Bellator events. (note numbers don't contain +3 DVR ratings or peaks).

Bellator 148 566k
Bellator 149 1.96 mill
Bellator 150 733k
Bellator 151 768k
Bellator 152 580k
Bellator 153 618k
Bellator 154 709k
Bellator 155 653k
Bellator 156 482k

Lowest rated card since Bellator 98 did 437k


Rampage Returns show aired directly after Bellator 156 and averaged 206k viewers.

 

[Kalmah]

Yuge numbers

 

[CC27]

Why did this card flop so bad?

 

[qw3rty]

damn, B198 was in 2013

 

[shonuf]

Why did this card flop so bad?

It wasn't great for here either. It was by a mile the least successful Bellator discussion ever. I think the worst for any major org discussion.

It was just a shitty card. They're not making any interest in their fighters. They're just fighting but there's no drive towards anything. I don't think most people fans outside of the hardcore ones know who the champs are. It's all just stagnant. I wasn't a fan of the tournaments but at least it led to an outcome. Now they're just having fights nobody really is into, and then do it again.

 

[Fight To Win]

Even I was bored watching Dantas pick apart a sluggish and uninspired Galvao. I actually really liked the Honeycutt vs. Other Dude's Name Escapes Me fight.

 

[CC27]

main event was good though, yeah there was WSOF and boxing on NBC but figured it would do in the usual 600k range.

Bellator better pray Rampage does a huge number next weekend.

 

[Kalmah]

main event was good though, yeah there was WSOF and boxing on NBC but figured it would do in the usual 600k range.

Bellator better pray Rampage does a huge number next weekend.

They're heading down the wrong path if they're banking on Rampage for the bulk of their numbers. He doesn't fight often enough.

 

[CC27]

what else do they have?

Gonna have to do fights like Tito vs Royce and Tito vs Rampage and maybe Kurt Angle.

 

[Go Go Plata]

First time watching Bellator with empty seats visible in every section. I didn't think it would do well ratings wise but these numbers are surprisingly low. Was Cops still their lead-in?

 

[jmadtx]

hmm, not bad... not bad.

 

[Meathead Jock]

Yuck, they need The Wolf to win that belt.

 

[VIP1349]

This year has been so bad for Bellator. Just even on here, you can see it. There just are very few events that ever stand out and even less great fights.

Hope they start to rebound cause it's been a depressing trend for them.

 

[CC27]

This year has been so bad for Bellator. Just even on here, you can see it. There just are very few events that ever stand out and even less great fights.

Hope they start to rebound cause it's been a depressing trend for them.

Yeah Bellator just isnt interesting right now, there are a few fights that can be made that are good but so far through half the year they havent done much.

You dont get that feeling a week out where all you can do is think about the upcoming card. Never feel that way about a Bellator event.

 

[Phrozenspite]

i wonder if carvalho vs manhoef soured a bunch of people's opinions of bellator

 

[fermaPY]

I was waiting no more than 650k in ratings for this, this is a punishment for the Carvalho vs Manhoef event.
The card wasn't great, the co main was weak, at least the fights were entertaining.
Let's see if Rampage can do something about this

 

[mime]

no one was on the fight thread either that night. For me I just missed the event because I got swept up with Fedor during the day and went out at night. When I got home I had forgot that it was on at all or I would have tuned in to at least watch Dantas.

 

[Queen B]

I was waiting no more than 650k in ratings for this, this is a punishment for the Carvalho vs Manhoef event.
The card wasn't great, the co main was weak, at least the fights were entertaining.
Let's see if Rampage can do something about this

Entertaining? Galvao standing there and doing nothing is entertaining?

 

[BAZ Rutten]

Fuck it, bring back Dada 5000.

 

[TheBrownRanger]

I was still in high school when Bellator 98 went down lol. 156 not only had the lowest ratings in the Coker era, but the entire final Bjorn season as well. Probably Carvalho vs Manhoef fucked with those ratings as well, I can't believe anyone would want to see the rematch. Dynamite 2 should do much better.

Oh well, Halsey vs Salter and Honeycutt vs Parlo were tits. The other two fights sucked.