The MMA Report reports the salaries from Friday night’s Bellator event taking place at the Reno Events Center in Nevada. Former UFC Heavyweight Cheick Kongo topped the payroll despite losing a unanimous decision.
The salaries disclosed were provided by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Vitaly Minakov: $35,000 (includes $17,500 win bonus)
Cheick Kongo: $50,000
Herman Terrado: $3,000
Justin Baesman: $3,000
Kelly Anundson: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
Volkan Oezdemir: $4,000
Mikkel Parlo: $14,000 ( includes $7,000 win bonus)
Johnny Cisneros: $2,000
Rudy Morales: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
Jimmy Jones: $3,000
Rick Reeves $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus)
James Terry: $3,000
Freddie Aquitania: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
Josh Appelt: $6,000
Sinjen Smith: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)
Jason Powell: $1,000
Benito Lopez: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus)
Oscar Ramirez: $1,000
Payout Perspective:
Kongo’s salary is a pay decrease from his days in the UFC when he averaged $70,000 to show. We do not have information on Kongo’s first two Bellator fights. It’s clear that the Bellator payroll is much smaller than that of the UFC as a lot of the undercard and lesser known fighters are making less than $5,000 for the fight.
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