'Bully Beatdown' pushes around ratings on MTV
by James Iannotti on Mar 26, 2009 6:36 PM EDT
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The numbers are in for MTV's debut mixed martial arts-themed reality show dubbed, "Bully Beatdown," which is hosted by former Icon Sport middleweight champion, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, on Sunday nights.
And the outlook for the new program is promising. In fact, "Bully Beatdown" pulled in more viewers than any other show on cable during that time slot among men ages 12-34, according to TVByTheNumbers.com.
Overall, 1.4 million people tuned in to see the show, which featured some scrub named Ryan getting his ribs kicked in by Elite XC veteran fighter Tony "The Gun" Benello. He had his older brother Alan to thank for the beating courtesy, as well as additional help from Mayhem and the MTV crew.
In addition, the show recorded a 10 percent increase in viewers from Rob Dyrdek's "Fantasy Factory," which serves as a lead-in program for "Bully Beatdown," as well as the kickoff for MTV's Sunday night programming block dubbed, "See You Sunday" that also includes Travis Pastrana's "Nitro Circus."
With the insertion of "Bully Beatdown" this week, the ratings jumped a full 100 percent for the network during that time slot, which has been held down for the last month or so by "The College Humor Show."
For the most part, reviews have been positive for the show and its host, but it's almost impossible to judge a new show by initial ratings or reviews from its debut episode. Regardless, most people will probably tune in for a second look this Sunday night.
And this week former Washington Redskins wide receiver-turned mixed martial artist, Michael Westbrook (1-1), will be on hand to dispatch of unlucky bully number two ... or try. Let's hope for his sake Stephen Davis doesn't turn the tables on his former Washington Redskins teammate. Now that would be interesting.
Check your local listings for show times.
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this show was hilarious, cant wait to see the next one
by child on Mar 26, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions
this show is so so dumb. “my younger brother picks on me…he is a bully”. so you should do something about it or suck it up kid. how is this gonna help any “relationship”.
yes it was funny but so……whinny.
by tonydanza on Mar 26, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Many MMA enthusiasts (like me) can thank a school yard bully for getting us interested in studying martial arts. I guess that is why I get so much pleasure out of seeing a bully get beaten up by an MMA fighter. It seems like karma to me. Anyway, enough about my psychological issues. I loved the show and have already set it to record every week. If you hate bullies and love MMA, this show is for you!
by DrPepper on Mar 26, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Some scrub? After i saw that it was bonello, i kept thinking this kid has a shot if he can land a shot of average power.
by NameNotRequired on Mar 26, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I really enjoyed the 1st episode. I think Mayhem’s personality makes for a pERFECT MTV host. To me, Mayhem came off better than Ashton did when he used to do “Punked”…I think that Mayhem has the personality to do big things in TV. I would love to see him bring Rampage along for a show. Rampage + Mayhem = me pissing my pants n choking on a blunt!
I saw the previews for this weeks episode and Westbrook looks to have some nice submission skills. I havent seen him fight in a while…I know we cant really gauge his performance against a Bully, but I still want to see Westbrook fight.
Great to see another mma show, pull in big ratings…especially on a station like MTV that hasnt really worked much with mma in the past!
by john on Mar 27, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
i bet that dude got his ass kicked by his little brother after the show.
by belfort_fan on Mar 27, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
MTV sucks! Thank g0d thy got a show to catch a mma fans eye to watch mtv again. other than cribs and punk’d i don’t watch this crap. Bully beatdown was 3 out of 5 stars.. miller just acts to crazy though.
by mikeybear on Mar 27, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I finally got a chance to watch it. It was ok. I will definitely fast forwarding a lot of it. I guess it exposure for the sport. I just wish it was more informative or the casual fan.
by DSmith on Mar 27, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Does anyone else think miller is a total retard??
by nathan on Mar 26, 2009 6:40 PM EDT reply actions
talented fighter, bit of a tool alrite, but i guess its those antics that got him the show
by jslim on Mar 26, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Does anyone know what mental illness he actually has? I know he has talked about it before, I just can’t remember what exactly he had.
by DSmith on Mar 26, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
and a general case of being an idiot. Seriously, even though i know he’s gonna beat up Hose, i am hoping for the upset.
by NameNotRequired on Mar 26, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree, there is acting crazy to get on a show and then there is just being a moron, he falls in the latter category!
by kevin on Mar 26, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I dont know why everyone likes to hate on mayhem, hes himself and a difference in the sport, in fact he is the perfect guy to do this show, him or bas rutten but mayhem is the better option i reckon.
All in all hes a great dude who is hyper and is himself and i respect that, plus hes one of the funniest mma fighters around and im not gonna dog on him for that
by SGTBlitz on Mar 27, 2009 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions
anybody know if there is there a link where i could watch the whole thing i missed it
by j on Mar 26, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions
now this is a show i wanna see.. Mayhem is the man! always a fun guy to watch
by RoB on Mar 26, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions
i dont get it on the mtv channel in canada !! fuck!! im such a big fan of mayhem
by Jared on Mar 26, 2009 7:33 PM EDT reply actions
Good show, very American .. no offense guys but I hate all that fake crowd clapping shit. In saying that, its bareable and I will be watching the next.
Miller – fucking awesome fighter and personality. We all need a little crazy in us.
by DownUnder on Mar 26, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions
funny show and a good host not to mention a great first fighter to kick that dudes ass lol.
I do think however they need a bigger crowd. I mean it’s MTV and anyone would be excited to attend a shooting of the show so I don’t know why they didn’t have more people to make it more exciting. anywho.
by Alex on Mar 26, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions
I liked the first episode and thought they picked the perfect host! Im going to keep watching!
by Sofa-King-Toasty on Mar 26, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions
you guys can hate all you want, that is a really funny show.
by Bill Maher on Mar 26, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
The guy on the show, Ryan, is a former BYU football player (he was a backup for one year then left). I went to school at BYU and work with some former players. His name is Ryan Kessman. Something interesting about the show — afterwards Ryan was getting slammed by all the BYU football fans on cougarboard.com, about how he looked fat and they were all glad to see him get beat down. After a while Ryan came on and put up a post in his own defense about how he is a struggling aspiring actor and how he and his brother did the show to help him get some exposure. He says they really get along fine and he doesn’t bully him. He also said they made him gain weight to fight the guy because they had to be of similar weight. He also said he was required by contract to lose in the second round and that they got paid more than just the $10,000. So… yeah… just like any other reality show, Bully Beatdown is scripted… but I still enjoyed it!!!
by eric on Mar 26, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions
Not a big surprise. It had the usual b.s. feel that all MTV shows have. I have had friends on 2 different MTV shows, That school prank show, and Made. The prank show was of course dressed up a bit, but Made was just terrible. It was an episode about a “party girl” that wanted to become a skateboarder, and was fixed from the word go. She wasn’t a party girl at all, but they went to a club that I was a bouncer at, and had us take her around to find other good looking girls and then bring them up on a stage to dance a bit. Of course the other girls got pissed, and I even had to throw someone out for throwin ice at them. When she met her coach they told her to wear a skirt and high heels, so it looked like she was stupid enough to think she could skate in that. The coach (Caine Gayle) basically showed her an ollie, and then spent the rest of the time just skating around the park. haha
by naturalshadow on Mar 26, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea right you expect us to believe that this Kessman guy played at BYU / actor come on now.
by eric on Apr 7, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I have friends who work on Parental Control and the parents aren’t even real parents, the kids not even in relationships, and obviously the interviews are all scripted.
F*ck MTV and their bid to breed a retarted generation… wait I take that back and apologize to all the retards out there.
by scissorfight on Mar 26, 2009 11:28 PM EDT reply actions
What ever happened to playing some music videos?
by naturalshadow on Mar 27, 2009 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions
so all martial artists were the weaklings at school? and they have to train all the time just to stand up to a bully(while a bully has tons of time living his life)? lol…at least the bully just fights he dont need to train..joe rogan should represent this show..midget is soo pissed with other sports/athletes—which im sure bullied him at school and he didnt fight back..thats why his pissed
by ger on Mar 27, 2009 10:45 AM EDT reply actions
I am guessing you were a school yard bully….Just a hunch.
by DrPepper on Mar 29, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Entertaining show, though i kinda wish the matchups weren’t tipped too heavily in favor of the mma fighter.
For instance, it would be better to matchup a “bully” against a person similar in size and/or even smaller.
Otherwise, the show proves the stereotype that bigger is better.
I mean common, the bullies that the show has shown so far is obviously bigger and taller than the ones they are bullying.. They are picking on someone smaller.. To have the show punish this bully with another guy that is bigger and taller (and trained in mma) just reinforces the wrong message across (i.e. 1. i need someone bigger and stronger to fight my enemies 2. im too small, thin and hence weak to fight my own fights and be a MAN).
I would like to see someone like gracie (pure talent, not so much into muscles and stregth) stand up for bullies. Thats the type of person i can relate to since we have roughly the same body type.
by buly on Mar 30, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
I think bully beat down is great! I enjoy watching Mayhem harass the bullies between fights. Keep up the good work.
by Maria on Apr 29, 2009 12:43 PM EDT reply actions
wow that does sound interesting im glad that they made the show as well its the shi* i sit at home and smoke blunts watchin tv anyways but now its something better to watch while people chill i mean reallly who out thier hasent been bullyed at one point in thier life other than rich snobs
by james on Apr 29, 2009 2:38 PM EDT reply actions
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