Last week’s Bellator 170 fight card earned fantastic ratings for the promotion. According to Spike officials, the event averaged 1.37 million viewers, while the main event, which saw Tito Ortiz submit Chael Sonnen in the first round of Ortiz’s retirement fight, averaged 1.85 million viewers. Those numbers made Bellator 170 the third most watched show in the promotion’s history. The question now becomes how many of those viewers were convinced to stick with the promotion for Friday’s Bellator 171? In the main event of Bellator 171, Melvin Guillard faces Chidi Njoukuani at a catchweight of 175 pounds
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