Friday night's Rafael Carvalho Bellator middleweight title defense against Melvin Manhoef, a disputed decision in favor of the champion, did normal Bellator numbers with 653,000 viewers live and 715,000 including DVR viewership.
Bellator 155's Rafael Carvalho vs. Melvin Manhoef Bellator middleweight title fight on Friday night was one of those things you'd probably want to forget.
The fight wasn't particularly entertaining. The 40-year-old Manhoef's road to the title shot was winning three of his last seven MMA fights as well as losing a kickboxing match on Spike on April 16. Yet, almost everyone believed the former major star of Japanese MMA and kickboxing's glory days took the title from Carvalho.