BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Mtv2 https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Bellator Season 9 Moves to Friday Nights Following Sept. 7 Fight Master Live Finale https://www.badmma.com/bellator-season-9-moves-to-friday-nights-following-sept-7-fight-master-live-finale.html https://www.badmma.com/bellator-season-9-moves-to-friday-nights-following-sept-7-fight-master-live-finale.html#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:24:30 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/bellator-season-9-moves-to-friday-nights-following-sept-7-fight-master-live-finale.html Following a successful debut season on Spike TV on Thursday nights, Bellator MMA is moving to Friday nights for Season 9 this fall. Spike TV president Kevin Kay revealed the move this week to SI.com . Bellator will kick off Season 9 with a special Saturday live event on Sept. 7, which will also serve as the season finale to its own reality series, Fight Master , but on Sept. 13 will shift to Friday nights for the season. Bellator had its first run on Spike TV from January to April of this year with Season 8, which averaged 862,000 viewers per episode, which includes the industry standard live event plus three days of DVR viewership. The live events alone average slightly less than 793,000 viewers per episode, which was nearly five times better than what Bellator was drawing on its previous network, MTV2. The Thursday night slot for its initial run on Spike included a strong lead-in audience courtesy of Impact Wrestling

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/bellator-season-9-moves-to-friday-nights-following-sept-7-fight-master-live-finale.html/feed 0 Bellator confirms ‘Rampage’ signing, includes TNA wrestling and reality series https://www.badmma.com/bellator-confirms-rampage-signing-includes-tna-wrestling-and-reality-series.html https://www.badmma.com/bellator-confirms-rampage-signing-includes-tna-wrestling-and-reality-series.html#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:15:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/bellator-confirms-rampage-signing-includes-tna-wrestling-and-reality-series.html Bellator MMA today confirmed the signing of Quinton Jackson and unveiled a “monumental, multi-year partnership” that includes work with TNA Wrestling and a reality series geared around his MMA debut. Bellator, Spike TV and TNA Wrestling jointly announced the deal, which MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported earlier today . Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “‘Rampage’ is a true superstar both inside and outside the MMA cage,” Bellator CEO and Chairman Bjorn Rebney stated. “The partnership that we’ve created with Quinton is unlike anything that’s ever been done in the sports and entertainment arena, and ‘Rampage’ is the perfect athlete/entertainer to carry it off.” Additional details will be announced at a Wednesday press conference in Los Angeles. Jackson (32-11 MMA, 0-0 BFC), a former PRIDE fighter and ex-UFC light-heavyweight champion, split with the UFC earlier this year following consecutive losses to champ Jon Jones , Ryan Bader and Glover Teixeira . By that point, he relationship with the organization, including UFC President Dana White, had soured, and both sides suggested a split would be advantageous. Bellator and Spike TV, which Viacom owns, believe the 34-year-old should help sustain a ratings boost the organization saw earlier this year with its move from MTV2 to Spike TV

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