Between the past two events, the average audience increased from 132,000 to 199,000 for an impressive and much-needed increase. Furthermore, the replay of Bellator 42 drew 180,000 viewers.
The April 23 event in Concho, Oklahoma featured a pair of light heavyweight semifinal bouts, including Richard Hale’s split-decision victory and Christian M’Pumba’s technical knockout win to set to tournament finale. Also on the card, Ronnie Mann was impressive with a dominant unanimous decision win over Josh Arocho.
Bellator 43 is the next event in line for the promotion and is set for May 7. The card features a welterweight tournament finale between Jay Hieron and Rick Hawn.
Bellator 42 featured a pair of light heavyweight tournament semifinal bouts, which was apparently the trick to increase ratings substantially following the last event.
