This past weekend's Bellator 47 event drew the second-biggest ratings in the organization's history.
Overall, the July 23 event drew 277,000 viewers and peaked with 386,000 on MTV2. The figures fell short only of Bellator 44, which averaged 325,000 viewers.
MTV officials today emailed the figures to MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com).
In addition to the initial broadcast, an immediate replay of Bellator 47 drew 261,000 viewers.
Bellator 47, which was the second of three monthly "Summer Series" events for Bellator, took place at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada. In the co-headliners, Pat Curran and Marlon Sandro won their semifinal fights and now meet in the eight-man featherweight-tournament finals next month at Bellator 48.