Bellator MMA kicked off its 2019 slate with Bellator 214 in California, and considering the ratings slump and lower viewership numbers in 2018, this year’s start is a promising one.
Nielsen figures pegged this Paramount Network televised event at 697,000 viewers on average, with 784,000 on DVR+3. The rating for the 18-49 demographic was 0.31, good for 10th among all cable television broadcasts on Saturday night, and sixth in its timeslot. As MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer notes, “the number was the best for a Bellator show since Jan. 20, 2018 a show headlined by a first-round heavyweight tournament fight headlined by Chael Sonnen against Rampage Jackson.