Tito Ortiz made $300,000 in his final fight of his MMA career at Bellator 170 Saturday night. Ortiz defeated Chael Sonnen in the first round of the main event.
Sonnen made $50,000 for his part in the main event.
The California State Athletic Commission disclosed the following payouts for Saturday’s event (via MMA Junkie):
T
ito Ortiz: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Chael Sonnen: $50,000
Paul Daley: $50,000 (no win bonus)
def. Brennan Ward: $50,000
Hisaki Kato: $30,000 (includes no win bonus)
def. Ralek Gracie: $33,000
Emmanuel Sanchez: $40,000 (includes $20,00 win bonus)
def. Georgi Karakhanyan: $24,000
Derek Campos: $34,200 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Derek Anderson: $7,800
Jacob Rosales: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Ian Butler: $1,500
Mike Segura: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus)
def. Tommy Aaron: $2,000
James Barnes: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Rob Gooch: $2,000
Curtis Millender: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Johnny Cisneros: $2,000
Colleen Schneider: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
def. Chrissie Daniels: $4,500
Henry Corrales: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Cody Bollinger: $2,500
Guilherme Vasconcelos: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. John Mercurio: $2,000
Keith Berry: $3,000
vs. Kevin Casey: $10,000
Alex Soto: $5,400 (includes $3,000 win bonus)*
def. Demarcus Brown: $2,300
Chinzo Machida: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Jamar Ocampo: $1,500
Jalin Turner: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus)
def. Gabriel Green: $2,000
Jack May: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Dave Cryer: $2,000
Daniel Rodriguez: $3,075 (includes $1,500 win bonus)
def. Christian Gonzalez: $1,350*
Payout Perspective:
It looks like Tito’s Bellator contract had him making $300,000 per fight if you look back at his other fights with the organization. His last fight in the UFC he earned $250,000. Unfortunately for Christian Gonzalez, he missed weight and had to forfeit a portion of his purse. He was one of the lowest paid fighters on the card which makes it worse. Notably, a pattern of top of the card Bellator fighters with no win bonus and others on the mid-card making a win bonus which is half their show money.
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