{"id":151185,"date":"2015-06-22T14:56:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T21:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=151185"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:51:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:51:00","slug":"ratings-report-kimbo-slice-on-bellator-138-breaks-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/ratings-report-kimbo-slice-on-bellator-138-breaks-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratings Report: Kimbo Slice on Bellator 138 Breaks Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11406541_10153766848454879_3632144067517798393_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11406541_10153766848454879_3632144067517798393_o.jpg\" alt=\"11406541_10153766848454879_3632144067517798393_o\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11406541_10153766848454879_3632144067517798393_o.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11406541_10153766848454879_3632144067517798393_o-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11406541_10153766848454879_3632144067517798393_o-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11406541_10153766848454879_3632144067517798393_o-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bellator 138 aired live from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri and featured a main event bout between the popular Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock. Slice defeated Shamrock by way of TKO in the opening round after nearly getting submitted in the opening minutes of the contest.<\/p>\n<p>The ratings are in and it turns out Kimbo Slice is still one of the biggest draws outside of the UFC. Bellator 138 averaged 1.58 million live viewers during the event and nearly 340,000 viwers on the replay, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/sportstvratings.com\/u-s-open-golf-bellator-mma-138-tcu-vanderbilt-lead-cable-sports-tv-ratings-for-friday-june-19-2015\/2887\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports TV Ratings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is the largest viewership for Bellator in company history, breaking the previous record of 1.2 million for Bellator 131 which was headlined by Tito Ortiz and Stephan Bonnar&#8217;s grudge match.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like we&#8217;ll be seeing Kimbo Slice back in the cage after all!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chad Mendes Strips, Gets VanZant Flustered During Important Interview &#8212; WATCH!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"container1\" class=\"outer-container\">\n<!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\">\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\nBy use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C \nfound at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/. \n--><\/p>\n<p><script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><object id=\"myExperience4288504234001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"560\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"315\" \/><param name=\"playerID\" value=\"4174782329001\" \/><param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAADV3-cjCE~,liy9q4yw9hqmtNPERf0MOvxn6JKOOxF3\" \/><param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"isUI\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"4288504234001\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!-- \nThis script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon\nas the line is read by the browser. 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