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Main-card fighters picked up the lion’s share of disclosed payouts at this weekend’s Bellator 172 event.
Bellator 172 took place Saturday at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., and the main card aired on Spike following prelims on MMAjunkie.
The top earner on the card was Patricky Freire (17-8 MMA, 10-7 BMMA), who scored a second-round knockout win over veteran lightweight Josh Thomson (22-9 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) in the headliner. “Pitbull” earned $80,000 for the victory – half of which was a win bonus; Thomson got $10,000 (the fighters got the top spot on the card after Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione was canceled.)
The California State Athletic Commission today released the figures to MMAFighting.com.
Other top earners included Cheick Kongo (26-10-2 MMA, 8-2 BMMA), who picked up $75,000 in a dominant decision victory over heavyweight Oli Thompson (17-10 MMA, 0-2 BMMA), as well as UFC vet and Bellator newcomer Josh Koscheck (17-11 MMA, 0-1 BMMA), who earned $75,000 in a first-round TKO loss to welterweight Mauricio Alonso (13-7 MMA, 1-1 BMMA), who got $20,000.
The full Bellator 172 payouts included:
Patricky Freire: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
def. Josh Thomson: $10,000
Cheick Kongo: $75,000 (no win bonus)
def. Oli Thompson: $25,000
Anatoly Tokov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Francisco France: $12,000
Veta Arteaga: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. Brooke Mayo: $8,000
Mauricio Alonso: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Josh Koscheck: $75,000
Nikko Jackson: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)
def. Cesar Gonzalez: $1,000
J.J. Okanovich: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus)
def. Zach Andrews: $1,500
James Terry: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
def. J.C. Llamas: $2,500
Gaston Bolanos: $4,000 (no win bonus)
def. Abner Perez: $1,000
Diego Herzog: $2,500 (no win bonus since fight ended via draw)
vs. Martin Sano: $2,000 (no win bonus since fight ended via draw)
Justin Tenedora: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)
def. Roque Reyes: $1,000
Juan Cardenas: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)
def. Luis Vargas: $1,000
Bobby Escalante: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)
def. Anthony Do: $1,500
Jeremy Murphy: $2,400 (includes $1,200 win bonus)
def. Matthew Ramirez: $1,800
Abraham Vaesau: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)
def. Dominic Sumner: $1,000
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses Bellator sometimes pays.
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
For complete coverage of Bellator 172, check out the MMA Events section of the site.
