Bellator 66 Results: Alvarez vs. Aoki

[No More Sorrow]

Main Card
Eddie Alvarez def. Shinya Aoki via first-round TKO
Andreas Spang def. Brian Rogers via second-round TKO
Maiquel Falco def. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Rick Hawn def. Lloyd Woodard via second-round TKO
Brent Weedman def. Thiago Michel Pereira Silva via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)


Undercard
Jessica Eye def. Anita Rodriguez via unanimous decision (30x27 x 3)
Tyler Combs vs. Jason Dent
Julian Lane vs. Joe Heiland
Frank Caraballo def. Donny Walker via fourth-round KO
John Hawk def. Marcus Vanttinen via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Attila Vegh def. Dan Spohn via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)

Was watching this earlier, was pretty impressed with it. Eddie Alvarez please come to the UFC.

 

[The Cork]

Wow, thats a big fucking win, Aoki is no joke at all, probably the best 155 guy not under the Zuffa banner.

Alvarez vs Melendez plz.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Here's the video of his fight, pretty damn good KO.

[video=youtube;9ye8dDyHaKo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ye8dDyHaKo[/video]

 

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The entire card was great, definitely recommend downloading it if you get the chance.

A+ night of fights, best Bellator show I've watched in a while.

I think Eddie gets what he's earned and can finally apply his trade against top competition in the UFC, he's been training with Rashad Evans, Melvin Guillard and Jake Shields and is only going to get better.

He would add so much to an already stacked UFC lightweight division, hell he's even fought at 170 also.

 

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Here's the fighter's salary for this show

Eddie Alvarez: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)def. Shinya Aoki: $60,000


Andreas Spang: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Brian Rogers: $15,000


Maiquel Falcao: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky: $15,000


Rick Hawn: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Lloyd Woodard: $15,000


Brent Weedman: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Thiago Michel: $15,000


Jessica Eye: $7,000 (includes $3,500 win bonus)
def. Anita Rodriguez: $2,000


John Hawk: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus)
def. Marcus Vanttinen: $2,000


Attila Vegh: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
def. Dan Spohn: $1,800


Frank Carabello: $3,600 (includes $1,800 win bonus)
def. Donny Walker: $1,500


Julian Lane: $1,400 (includes $700 win bonus)
def. Joe Heiland: $1,250

 

[The Cork]

Falcao is the only guy I know outside the main event.

Real good fighter, only got released from UFC because of some Brett Rogers-esque shit he did. Beat Gerald Harris who's a top guy himself, weird fight though.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Despite what was arguably Bellator's biggest fight and biggest show of its sixth season, this past weekend's Bellator 66 event saw a ratings plunge.

The April 20 broadcast averaged just 109,000 MTV2 viewers, ​

MMAjunkie.com

(www.mmajunkie,com) today confirmed with industry sources. That's down 33 percent from the 163,000 viewers who tuned in for Bellator 65 a week prior.

It's also the third-worst figure in Bellator and MTV2's 32-event history.

Bellator 66 took place at Cleveland's I-X Center. In addition to MTV2, many websites, including MMAjunkie.com, also carried the prelims and main-card fights, which could have put a dent in the ratings figure.

Still, it's bad news for Bellator, which boasted a big headliner and rematch between Eddie Alvarez and Shinya Aoki at Bellator 65. The event, which saw Alvarez earn a first-round victory, also featured four tournament-semifinal fights in the middleweight and welterweight divisions, as well as a loaded preliminary card. Middleweight-tourney finalists Andreas Spang and Maiquel Falcao had a brief post-fight scuffle at the event, though even that dustup didn't help ratings.

Bellator 66 narrowly edged out Bellator 61, which drew 108,000 viewers earlier this season, and Bellator 53, which drew an all-time-low 103,000 viewers this past year during the fifth season.

The all-time Bellator-MTV2 ratings include:​

• Bellator 66 ratings: 109,000 viewers
• Bellator 65 ratings: 163,000
• Bellator 64 ratings: 175,000
• Bellator 63 ratings: 140,000
• Bellator 62 ratings: 175,000
• Bellator 61 ratings: 108,000
• Bellator 60 ratings: 169,000
• Bellator 49-59 ratings (season five average): 186,000
• Bellator 46-48 ratings (Summer Series average): 229,000
• Bellator 35-45 ratings (season four average): 204,000

That's horrible, this was such a good card and only 100K people tuned in?