Bellator is a company that has traditionally ran most of their shows on reservations or in states in which the athletic commissions don’t publicly release info related to salaries or medical suspensions. But since Scott Coker took over the promotion from Bjorn Rebney, they’re more likely to run California shows since that is Coker’s backyard. That was the case with Bellator 133, which went down in Fresno.
The California State Athletic Commission released the reported salary info for the fighters on the card, and…nobody got rich. The biggest payday went to Daniel Weichel, who upset Pat Curran in the co-main event. He got 32k for his troubles. Other than that, no one made over 25k, including two former champions in Curran and Alexander Shlemenko. Here’s a look at what everyone made:
Alexander Shlemenko: $20,000
Melvin Manhoef: $15,000
Daniel Weichel: $32,000
Pat Curran: $20,000
Julia Budd: $24,000
Gabrielle Holloway: $6,000
Chris Honeycutt: $20,000
Clayton MacFarlane: $6,000
Emilio Chavez: $3,000
Art Arciniega: $2,000
Blake Watkins: $2,000
George Zuniga: $2,500
Paul Ruiz: $3,000
Nick Sperling: $1,000
Mason Fowler: $2,000
Marko Damiani: $1,000
Adam Piccolotti: $2,000
Andrew Ramm: $1,500
Jonathan Contrestano: $2,000
Ryan Tobar: $1,000
Nick Bustamante: $3,000
Luis Jauregui: $1,000
Cody Sons: $2,000
John Paul Elias: $1,000
The reported numbers are the total salary. It could be assumed that the winners had some sort of show + win setup (ie. Weichel probably made 16k/16k) but why is Shlemenko’s salary so low?
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