In what would have to be considered a surprising turn of events, a taped Bellator show on Friday night drew the company’s best television numbers in more than four months.
The Friday night broadcast of a Bellator show from Tel Aviv, Israel, which took place the previous day, did 318,000 viewers. It slightly beat the live broadcast the week before of 314,000 of a show that included the retirement fight of King Mo Lawal. It was the best Bellator number since a featherweight title defense by Julia Budd, beating Olga Rubin, on July 12 did 325,000 viewers.