Bellator MMA treated its Dynamite show as its biggest one to date. It featured Lenne Hardt as a ring announcer, indoor fireworks, a four-man one-night tournament, GLORY kickboxing matches, and Tito Ortiz in the main event. Unfortunately, this big "tentpole" event didn't produce the ratings magic it had hoped, and actually ended up being the worst performing "tentpole" show of the Scott Coker era. Jason Floyd of The MMA Report has the details:
According to Nielsen sources, Bellator 142's preliminary live average viewership landed at 800,000 total viewers and the show peaked at 930,000 viewers in the 9:15-9:30 p.