WOW more fighters should go Bellator and get "paid"

[cheese32165]

Bellator 148

• Paul Daley: $25,000 (no win bonus)

• Andy Uhrich: $8,000

• Paul Bradley: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)

• Chris Honeycutt: $15,000

• Patricky Freire: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)

• Ryan Couture: $19,000

• Tony Johnson: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)

• Raphael Butler: $11,000

• Jermaine McDermott: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)

• Eric Huggins: $1,500

• Matt Perez: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)

• Eugene Cancino: $1,000

• Te Edwards: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)

• Nick Bustamante: $1,750

• Josh San Diego: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)

• Paul Ruiz: $2,500

• Justin Smitley: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus)

• Art Arciniega: $1,500

• Ilima-Lei MacFarlane: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)

• Amber Tackett: $1,000

• Carl Seumanutafa: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)

• Javy Ayala: $4,000

Also I'm sure the sponsorship money is great on spike.com prelims.
For comparison here is a recent UFC fight night payout.



Stephen Thompson: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Johny Hendricks: $100,000

Roy Nelson: $125,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
def. Jared Rosholt: $33,000

Ovince Saint Preux: $102,000 (includes $51,000 win bonus)
def. Rafael Cavalcante: $42,000

Joseph Benavidez: $118,000 (includes $59,000 win bonus)
def. Zach Makovsky: $19,000

Misha Cirkunov: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Alex Nicholson: $10,000

Mike Pyle: $106,000 (includes $53,000 win bonus)
def. Sean Spencer: $17,000

Josh Burkman: $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus)
def. K.J. Noons : $34,000

Derrick Lewis: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
def. Damian Grabowski: $17,000

Justin Scoggins: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Ray Borg: $18,000

Diego Rivas: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Noad Lahat: $17,000

Mickey Gall: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Jackson: $10,000

Alex White: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Artem Lobov: $13,000

Diego Rivas with his 50k bonus made more money than Paul fucking Daley, Paul Daley people and it was his début.

 

[BisexualMMA]

Amber Tackett money, playboy!

 

[Arm Barbarian]

 

[DjHnd]

I'm sure the big dogs get paid though

 

[bringitoncomeon]

Bellator will always be second best despite how many anti UFC sherdoggers cry about it

 

[cheese32165]

I'm sure the big dogs get paid though

Paul Daley isn't a big dog ?

 

[justbetter]

Don't be such a Dana White bootlicker. Its cool to bitch about UFC fighter pay and be a Bellator cheerleader

 

[Jkillah]

Eugene Cancino needs a new occupation.

 

[Drake]

Pfffff.


Don't be silly with your sarcasm, ts. You KNOW Kimbo & Tito are raking in the millions...

 

[sidecheckkick]

 

[Loiosh]

Pfffff.


Don't be silly with your sarcasm, ts. You KNOW Kimbo & Tito are raking in the millions...

Pesos, maybe.

 

[DeathByBeer]

Assumed Daley would be at least twice that pay to show.

We all kind of thought the pay wasnt quite as rosy as some would like us to believe, but bashing the UFC is so easy its become the norm.

 

[gspieler]

Those guts also aren't tied to a single sponsor that pays them pennies on the dollar. Not to mention the "big leagues", i.e. UFC, should pay significantly more, if that's what they market themselves as.

 

[Ryan McGizzle]

But the sponsors are giving all those fighters 20-30k a fight more than Reebok?

 

[Foggy]

Does bellator allow sponsors though?

 

[Schoolboy Q]

Lol and people have the nerve to talk shit about UFC pay.

 

[it is what it is]

Looks almost like a UFC payscale, except these fighters are allowed real sponsorship money

 

[it is what it is]

Assumed Daley would be at least twice that pay to show.

We all kind of thought the pay wasnt quite as rosy as some would like us to believe, but bashing the UFC is so easy its become the norm.

UFC makes it easy

 

[cheese32165]

Does bellator allow sponsors though?

Unless you are getting legit good sponsors which most bellator are not then the pay difference is still huge.

 

[SleepyBoy]

Many of those fighters aren't top promotion ready so it makes sense they make a lot less.
We will see what fighters think of their offers in the future by who they sign with, UFC or Bellator.

Oh and...
How much is it worth to work for someone other than Dana? One needs to be paid more if they are dealing with a difficult boss.