Bellator 170 spåddes på förhand bli en av organisationens största galor. Nu står det klart att eventet sågs av närmare två miljoner tittare.
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I helgen fick vi se ett av Bellator MMA:s bästa matchkort hittills när Bellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen gick av stapeln i Inglewood, Kalifornien. Nu har Spike offentliggjort de preliminära tittarsiffrorna, som visar på en tittarsuccé.
Galan toppades av ett framemotsett rivalmöte mellan veteranerna Tito Ortiz (19-12-1) och Chael Sonnen (28-15-1), som enligt pressmeddelandet snittade 1,85 miljoner tittare. Genomsnittet för den delade huvudmatchen mellan Paul Daley (39-14-2) och Brennan Ward (14-5) låg på 1,7 miljoner tittare.
Mest sedda galan utan Kimbo Slice
Totalt sett snittade galan 1,4 miljoner tittare, vilket gör den till den tredje mest sedda galan i organisationens historia och den mest sedda som inte inkluderat Kimbo Slice (5-2, 1 NC).
Nedan kan ni ta del av Spikes pressmeddelande i sin helhet:
1.85 MILLION VIEWERS TUNE IN FOR TITO ORTIZ – CHAEL SONNEN MAIN EVENT ON SPIKE TV
New York, NY, January 24, 2017 – 1.85 million viewers tuned in for the final fight in Tito Ortiz’s storied career, a first round submission victory over Chael Sonnen. This marks the most watched Bellator fight on Spike since last February and the most watched MMA fight on television in 2017.
*these are preliminary numbers as the more accurate viewership total factoring in DVR +3 will be released Thursday.
In the co-feature, 1.7 million viewers witnessed Paul Daley’s devastating flying knee KO over Brennan Ward.
Overall, Bellator 170 delivered 1.4 million viewers – making it the 3rd most watched card in the franchise’s history. The 3-hour Spike telecast was also ranked #1 in cable with Men 18-49 in the timeslot.
Bellator 170 was also a digital and social success as well.
– The Bellator 170 prelims drew the second most viewers on Bellator.com and Bellator mobile app in franchise history (only behind Bellator 149).
– The post-fight press conference streamed exclusively on YouTube saw the most concurrent viewers in Bellator history.
– #Bellator170 was the #1 trending topic on Twitter during the event and Tito Ortiz, Chael Sonnen and Bellator MMA trended #1 on Google Trends.
Fullständiga resultat från galan hittar ni här.
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