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Ryan Bader: Linton Vassell Comes Off Disrespectful to me

Bellator light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader isn’t thrilled with his first contender. On Nov. 3, Ryan Bader will meet Linton Vassell inside the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania. The championship tilt is set to headline Bellator 186. It’ll be Bader’s first title defense. In a recent interview with Bellator play-by-play commentator Mike Goldberg, Bader […]

Promo: Bellator 186 Featuring Ryan Bader vs. Linton Vassell

Bellator has put together a top-notch promo for the upcoming Bellator 186 event. The card features Ryan Bader defending his light heavyweight title against Linton Vassell in the main event on November 3 from the Bryce Jordan Center on the campus of Penn State University. The main card airs live on Spike. Bader won the […]

Ryan Bader vs. Linton Vassell Set For Bellator 186 on Nov. 3

Ryan Bader’s first Bellator light heavyweight title defense has been set. Bader is set to defend his 205-pound gold against Linton Vassell on Nov. 3. The action will take place inside the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania. Bellator officials confirmed the news to PennLive. “Darth” captured the title from Phil Davis back in June […]

Seven Exciting Fights For Gegard Mousasi In Bellator

Yesterday (Mon., July 10, 2017), highly touted UFC middleweight contender and former Strikeforce champion Gegard Mousasi announced on The MMA Hour that he had signed a six-fight deal with Bellator MMA. Although big name UFC fighters continue to test the free agency market, Mousasi’s jump to Bellator comes as a bit of a surprising one, […]

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Although big name UFC fighters continue to test the free agency market, Mousasi’s jump to Bellator comes as a bit of a surprising one, as the 31-year-old is riding a five-fight winning streak, while still being in the prime of his career. He most recently defeated former champion Chris Weidman at UFC 210, and he was likely just a win or two away from a UFC title shot.

Nevertheless, Mousasi will reunite with Scott Coker and continue his career under the Bellator banner where a plethora of intriguing fights will await him.

With that being said, let’s go ahead and take a look at seven of the most exciting fights Mousasi can take in his new promotion:

A Middleweight Title Fight Against Rafael Carvalho

Starting out in Mousasi’s natural division, a middleweight title fight against reigning Bellator champion Rafael Carvlhao would be an interesting option for Mousasi, and in my opinion, a logical option for “The Dreamcatcher’s” debut.

Mousasi is without question one of the very best middleweights in the world, and likely the most accomplished fighter in Bellator’s growing middleweight division, which is why he’s deserving of a shot at gold.

Carvalho has won 14 consecutive bouts since losing his professional debut, while running through Bellator’s middleweight division with five straight victories inside the Bellator cage. He most recently scored a knockout victory over veteran Melvin Manhoef, which marked the 11th KO victory of his career, and would represent a solid challenge to welcome Mousasi to Bellator.

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Scott Coker Says Ryan Bader vs. King Mo Likely in Late 2017

Muhammed Lawal is likely to get the first crack at Ryan Bader’s Bellator light heavyweight title. Bellator President Scott Coker recently appeared on MMAFighting.com‘s “The MMA Hour” to discuss many topics including the 205-pound title picture. Coker said that “King Mo” vs. “Darth” is likely to go down later this year. “Bader should fight ‘King […]

Bellator 180 Delivers Big Viewership Numbers

Spike and Bellator MMA have released the viewership numbers for Bellator 180, which took place on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show, which was headlined by a rematch between Phil Davis and Ryan Bader for the Bellator light heavyweight title, averaged 901,000 viewers. It should be noted that the […]

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Spike and Bellator MMA have released the viewership numbers for Bellator 180, which took place on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The show, which was headlined by a rematch between Phil Davis and Ryan Bader for the Bellator light heavyweight title, averaged 901,000 viewers. It should be noted that the number was actually combined viewership between Spike and CMT, which both aired the show simultaneously. The show averaged 758,000 viewers on Spike while it averaged 143,000 viewers on CMT.

The entire promotion for the show was geared towards it airing live on Spike. What’s interesting about the viewership number is that it is almost exactly what UFC is averaging for pay-per-view prelims. UFC’s 2017 average for its prelims this year is 902,000

The card peaked during the main event between Bader and Davis as it averaged 1.1 million viewers between the two channels.

Spike mentioned that Bellator was the No. 1 trend on Twitter in the United States while the pay-per-view portion of the show was live. Bellator 180 reached No. 2 at one point during the telecast.

Bellator has now run 11 events that have aired on Spike this year and they are averaging 732,000 viewers. For comparisons, the promotion’s broadcasts on Spike in 2016 were in 748,000 viewers and 781,000 in 2015. These numbers do not include +3 DVR numbers, which typically gives a 10% – 20% boost to the overall number.

Although there is no strong correlation between social media numbers and PPV numbers, the best way to predict the buy rate for a PPV is by Google searches. Bellator NYC did topped 200,000 on Saturday night, which made it the second-most searched for item in the United States that night.

Bellator’s PPV event in 2014 did a little more than 100,000 buys. Prior to Bellator NYC, Bellator President Scott Coker went on record by saying that he was hoping for 200,000 buys from this show.

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