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