I always wondered how much fighters make at Bellator. Why do some decide not to join the UFC, and go to other organizations?
Main event:
Alvarez: $50,000 + $50,000 win bonus
Aoki: $60,000
MW Tournament Semi Final
Spang: $15,000 + $15,000 win bonus
Rogers: $15,000
Falcao: $15,000 + $15,000 win bonus
Vasilevsky: $15,000
LW Tournament Semi Final
Hawn: $15,000 + $15,000 win bonus
Woodard: $15,000
Weedman: $15,000 + $15,000 win bonus
Michel: $15,000
Undercard fighters made as low as $1,250 for losing (Joe Heiland) , and as high as $7,000 including win bonus (Jessica Eye).
The average income for winning undercard fighters for Bellator is $4,200, and the average pay for losing undercard fighters is $1710.
Let's compare this to UFC on FX 2 fighter pay
Main Card
Alves: $33,000
Kampmann: $29,000 + $29,000 win bonus + $50,000 Sub of the night
Benavidez: $21,500 + $21,000 win bonus + $50,000 KO of the night
Urushitani: $6,000
Johnson: $6,000 + $50,000 fight of night bonus
McCall: $6,000 + $50,000 fight of night bonus
McGee: $15,000
Philippou: $6,000 + $6,000 win bonus
UnderCard
Te Huna: $6,000 + $6,000 win bonus
Rosa: $6,000
Perosh: $6,000 + $6,000 win bonus
Penner: $6,000
Miller: $17,000
Siler: $8,000 + $8,000 win bonus
Noke: $8,000
Craig: $6,000 + $6,000 win bonus
Waldburger: $8,000 + $8,000 win bonus
Hecht: $6,000
Semerzier: $8,000
Pineda: $6,000 + $6,000 win bonus
Thompson: $6,000
Jordan: $6,000 + $6,000 win bonus