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Laughing at people thinking 500K viewers, which if you grade on a curve is even below average even by PBC standards, is good. But compare this to Bellator which is also on Spike just drew 2.2m viewers and is much cheaper to produce then PBC. Ortiz got 300k purse while his opponent got 50k. Lara himself likely paid more then the entire Bellator card combined while drawing only 1/4th the ratings.
Bellator 170 drew 2.2 million viewers for the main event between Tito Ortiz and Chael Sonnen on Spike TV on Saturday night.
The Paul Daley-Brennan Ward fight drew 2 million viewers as well. The entire 3 hour telecast drew 1.5 million viewers in adjusted DVR+3 ratings.
Notable DVR+3 main events for Bellator on Spike TV:
Rampage Jackson-Satoshi Ishii at Dynamite 2 (June 2016): 1,040,000 viewers (entire fight)
Kimbo Slice-Dada 5000 at Bellator 149 (February 2016): 2.9 million viewers
Liam McGeary-Tito Ortiz at Dynamite 1 (September 2015): 891,000 viewers
Kimbo Slice-Ken Shamrock at Bellator 138 (June 2015): 2.8 million viewers
Tito Ortiz-Stephan Bonnar at Bellator 131 (November 2014): 2 million viewers
Bellator 170 drew 2.2 million viewers for the main event between Tito Ortiz and Chael Sonnen on Spike TV on Saturday night.
The Paul Daley-Brennan Ward fight drew 2 million viewers as well. The entire 3 hour telecast drew 1.5 million viewers in adjusted DVR+3 ratings.
Notable DVR+3 main events for Bellator on Spike TV:
Rampage Jackson-Satoshi Ishii at Dynamite 2 (June 2016): 1,040,000 viewers (entire fight)
Kimbo Slice-Dada 5000 at Bellator 149 (February 2016): 2.9 million viewers
Liam McGeary-Tito Ortiz at Dynamite 1 (September 2015): 891,000 viewers
Kimbo Slice-Ken Shamrock at Bellator 138 (June 2015): 2.8 million viewers
Tito Ortiz-Stephan Bonnar at Bellator 131 (November 2014): 2 million viewers
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