The chasm between what the public wants to see, and what makes for great fights, may have never been larger as Friday night's Bellator show featuring Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock and Kimbo Slice drew an average of 1,964,000 viewers over the three hours, beating the company's all-time record by 24 percent.
The prior record was set on June 19, by the Shamrock vs. Slice match, which averaged 1,580,000 viewers, peaking with 2.3 million viewers live for the main event.
No match-by-match breakdowns are available at this time for the show from the Toyota Center in Houston.