Bellator 142 salaries: Tito Ortiz ($300K), Phil Davis ($130K) earn top disclosed payouts

[Wild]

The full Bellator 142 payouts (MMA only) included:

Liam McGeary: $50,000 (no win bonus)
def. Tito Ortiz: $300,000

Phil Davis: $130,000 (includes $65,000 win bonus)
def. Francis Carmont: $17,000

Josh Thomson: $10,000 (no win bonus)
def. Mike Bronzoulis: $10,000

Phil Davis: See above
def. Emanuel Newton: $70,000

Muhammed Lawal: $15,000 (no win bonus)
def. Linton Vassell: $30,000

Gabriel Carrasco: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Joe Neal: $2,000

Adam Piccolotti: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Salvador Becerra: $1,750

Thomas Diagne: $3,000 (no win bonus since fight ended in draw)
vs. Mike Malott: $2,000 (no win bonus since fight ended in draw)

Francis Carmont: See above
def. Anthony Ruiz: $5,000

LINK: Bellator 142 salaries: Tito Ortiz ($300K), Phil Davis ($130K) earn top disclosed payouts | MMAjunkie

 

[Wild]

$1750 to $4000 for some guys...wow. Coker needs to improve that in a hurry.

 

[Wild]

Something's not adding up here.

Josh Thompson made $10k in purse money. He said he made $35k in sponsors, so that's $45k total.

He made $85k to SHOW + $5k in Reebok money, in his last UFC fight.

Was the UFC's offer that horrible when his contract ran out? $20k/$20k + $5k in Reebok money would net him what he just made in Bellator. Or do you all think he just wanted to go fight for Coker?

 

[ThatOneDude]

Something's not adding up here.

Josh Thompson made $10k in purse money. He said he made $35k in sponsors, so that's $45k total.

He made $85k to SHOW + $5k in Reebok money, in his last UFC fight.

Was the UFC's offer that horrible when his contract ran out? $20k/$20k + $5k in Reebok money would net him what he just made in Bellator. Or do you all think he just wanted to go fight for Coker?

35k per

 

[Wild]

35k per

$35k per sponsor???

 

[Chief]

Josh Thomson: $10,000 (no win bonus)
def. Mike Bronzoulis: $10,000

10g's win or lose. Not much incentive there for either guy.

 

[Priziesthorse]

35k per

I'm pretty sure its 35k total. The articles says "three sponsors alone paying Josh Thomson 35k..." I feel like if it was per it would say "three sponsors each paying Josh Thomson 35k"

 

[Priziesthorse]

Something's not adding up here.

Josh Thompson made $10k in purse money. He said he made $35k in sponsors, so that's $45k total.

He made $85k to SHOW + $5k in Reebok money, in his last UFC fight.

Was the UFC's offer that horrible when his contract ran out? $20k/$20k + $5k in Reebok money would net him what he just made in Bellator. Or do you all think he just wanted to go fight for Coker?

There's always talk about how the disclosed pay isn't what UFC fighters are really making a lot of the times. I suspect that's the case here with Josh. I highly doubt it's just 10k.

 

[Lamont Cranston]

They paid Tito 300K for that performance?

 

[Chief]

They paid Tito 300K for that performance?

They paid Tito 300K for the eye balls he brought to that performance.

 

[Wild]

I highly doubt it's just 10k.

I wouldnt think so either. It just wouldn't make any sense, and Josh seemed thrilled about his Bellator deal.

 

[Ted Williams' head]

Wow, kinda bummed to see guys like King Mo and Thompson only pulling in 15k and 10k.

I don't mind Tito getting his big money. The guy did a lot for the sport in carrying the UFC during the "dark years". Just wish there was more of that money to go around for everyone else...

 

[ECC170]

Gaethje and Branch each made 100k last Saturday...Liam deserves atleast that..poor pay as whole is a problem no matter the organizatio period...time to pay these guys..

 

[Ted Williams' head]

Gaethje and Branch each made 100k last Saturday...Liam deserves atleast that..poor pay as whole is a problem no matter the organizatio period...time to pay these guys..

It's a shame. Everyone talks so much about how the UFC and MMA have killed boxing, but boxers seem to be getting much more money because they have much more bargaining power.

I see boxers who are barely in the top 10 of their divisions pulling in a 1 mil, 1.5, 2 mil, ect, headlining a free show on NBC. Then I see Mighty Mouse, a champ who is a consensus top 3 p4p in the sport, pulling in 200k after main eventing a PPV.

 

[SongExotic2]

Wanna know something cool?


Well tough shit I'll tell ya



Michael the count bisping makes more than that and he never got a title shot.

Most significant strikes in ufc history

Probably worth more than tito

 

[ECC170]

Most significant strikes in ufc history

Idk how the Fuck this is possible...They need to rethink that criteria

 

[SuperPig]

Coker has always had some weird contracts.

I wouldnt think so either. It just wouldn't make any sense, and Josh seemed thrilled about his Bellator deal.

Coker has always had a few weird contracts in the past so this doesn't really surprise me.

There was an event where Mousasi's disclosed pay was $2,000 and one where Matt Lindland's disclosed pay was only $1,000.

I wonder if sometimes they just front-load contracts via a signing bonus and then just random numbers to cover the medicals for the fight itself?

 

[Wild]

Coker has always had some weird contracts.

Coker has always had a few weird contracts in the past so this doesn't really surprise me.

There was an event where Mousasi's disclosed pay was $2,000 and one where Matt Lindland's disclosed pay was only $1,000.

I wonder if sometimes they just front-load contracts via a signing bonus and then just random numbers to cover the medicals for the fight itself?

That's very possible and something that I didn't think of. Give Josh a $150k signing bonus for 3 fights (just throwing a # out there) and then pay him $10k per fight, or whatever. Makes sense.

 

[SongExotic2]

That's very possible and something that I didn't think of. Give Josh a $150k signing bonus for 3 fights (just throwing a # out there) and then pay him $10k per fight, or whatever. Makes sense.

Pribably did the same for the guy that gets 1750

I'm gonna suggest he got 80 grand though, he's obviously not a greedy man

 

[bully4me]

There's always talk about how the disclosed pay isn't what UFC fighters are really making a lot of the times. I suspect that's the case here with Josh. I highly doubt it's just 10k.

Again it's the same issue with the UFC then, the 'Undisclosed" bonus doesn't show what's really going on and how much fighters truly make. It's all just speculation. We don't know if Josh IS making the same coin with Bellator. The UFC certainly didn't want to re-sign him and wanted The Punk to retire. That is a hard pill to swallow for any fighter, Josh could of just said he was making the same or more with Bellator to the media to make it seem he still has worth in peoples eyes and to make it seem like it was more on his terms. Again just a thought. In the end this just shows that it's not just the UFC that needs to start paying fighters more dollars and there has to be and end to this disgressionary bonus system so that there is a level playing field for negotiation with fighter contracts.

 

[Robbie Hart]

"Discretionary bonuses" like the boss of that peanut butter salesman said?

 

[Narcosynthesis]

But the grass was supposed to be greener on the other side. Guess not.

 

[Robbie Hart]

But the grass was supposed to be greener on the other side. Guess not.

Well, on paper would look that way but it does beg the question.

 

[jason73]

Wanna know something cool?


Well tough shit I'll tell ya



Michael the count bisping makes more than that and he never got a title shot.

Most significant strikes in ufc history

Probably worth more than tito

most insignificant strikes in ufc history

 

[jason73]

But the grass was supposed to be greener on the other side. Guess not.