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Monday, Jan 23, 2017

Bellator 170 Payouts: Tito Ortiz Leads Way With Highest Fight Purse

Tito Ortiz (photo via Bellator)

By FCF Staff

The California State Athletic Commission has released the payroll figures for Bellator 170, which took place at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

The card features former UFC light-heavyweight champ Tito Ortiz taking on Chael Sonnen, and the latter lost the fight via first round, submission. According to the figures that were disclosed to the CSAC by Bellator, Ortiz was paid $300,000 for the fight, while Sonnen received $50,000.

Here are the fighter purses for the event (via MMA Fighting). They do not include any additional pay a fighter may have received via sponsorship money or undisclosed bonuses etc.

Tito Ortiz ($300,000 + no win bonus = $300,000) def. Chael Sonnen ($50,000)

Paul Daley ($50,000 + no win bonus = $50,000) def. Brennan Ward ($50,000)

Hisaki Kato ($30,000 + no win bonus = $33,000) def. Ralek Gracie ($33,000)

Emmanuel Sanchez ($20,000 + $20,000 = $40,000) def. Georgi Karakhanyan ($24,000)

Derek Campos (19,200 + $15,000 = $34,200) def. Derek Anderson ($7,800)

Henry Corrales ($14,000 + $14,000 = $28,000) def. Cody Bollinger ($2,500)

Guilherme Bomba ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. John Mercurio ($2,000)

Kevin Casey ($10,000) fought to draw with Keith Berry ($3,000)

Alex Soto ($3,000 + $3,000 – $6,000*) def. Demarcus Brown ($2,000)

Chinzo Machida ($10,000 + $10,000) def. Jacar Ocampo ($1,500)

Jacob Rosales ($2,000 + $2,000 = $4,000) def. Ian Butler ($1,500)

Mike Segura ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) def. Tommy Aaron ($2,000)

James Barnes ($2,000 + $2,000 = $4,000) def. Rob Gooch ($2,000)

Curtis Millender ($2,000 + $2,000 = $4,000) def. Johnny Cisneros ($2,000)

Colleen Schneider ($3,000* + $3,000 = $6,000) def. Chrissie Daniels ($4,500)

Jalin Turner ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) def. Gabriel Green ($2,000)

Jack May ($2,000 + $2,000 = $4,000) def. Dave Cryer ($2,000)

Daniel Rodriguez ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) def. Christina Gonzalez ($1,500*)

*fined 20 percent of purse, 10 of which goes to opponent, for missing weight

posted by FCF Staff @ 12:23 pm
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