Bellator 136 purses range from 72k-1k + suspensions

Bellator 136 Purses

Main Card

Will Brooks: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)

Dave Jansen: $12,000

Rafael Carvalho: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus)

Joe Schilling: $27,000

Marcin Held: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus)

Alexander Sarnavskiy: $11,000

Tony Johnson: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)

Alexander Volkov: $10,000

Prelim Card (livestream)

Joey Beltran: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)

Brian Rogers: $10,000

Saad Awad: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)

Rob Sinclair: $8,000

John Teixeira da Conceicao: $8,000 (Includes $4,000 win bonus)

Fabricio de Assis Costa da Silva: $8,000

Justin Governale: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)

Jay Bogan: $1,500

Prelim Card (unaired)

A.J. McKee : $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus)

Marcos Bonilla: $1,000

Chad George: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus)

Mark Vorgeas: $2,000

Steve Ramirez: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)

Jonathan Santa Maria: $2,500

Luc Bondole: $1,500

Chris Herrera: $1,500

Cleber Luciano: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)

Aaron Miller: $2,000

Some states require that fighter purses be made public. Others do not. Brooks, who made the most on the card is not happy that his purse for the fight in known to all.

“I really don’t dig this release of fighters earnings into the public,” he tweeted. “That’s our personal business not the public’s.”

The above figures are the fighter payout information that promoters are required by State law to submit to the state athletic commissions, including the winners’ bonuses.

The figures do not represent a full accounting of each fighter’s income.

Fighters bear significant costs including training expenses, a percentage to management, a percentage to the trainer, plus insurance, licenses, and taxes.

On the income side, sponsorship money can be a significant portion of the purse, although it is smaller than it was in the past, particularly for the mid tier fighters.

Lastly, many fighters earn income from teaching, from appearances, and in many cases from regular employment in the non-fighting space.

In a sobering reminder of how hard fighting is, the list of suspensions was long:

Rafael Carvalho: Suspended 180 days or must be cleared by physician for potential right jaw fracture; seven-day mandatory rest period

Alexander Sarnavskiy: Suspended 180 days or must be cleared by physician for potential right knee fracture, MRI required; seven-day mandatory rest period

Alexander Volkov: Suspended 180 days or must be cleared by physician for potential right hand fracture, x-ray required; seven-day mandatory rest period

Saad Awad: Suspended 180 days or must be cleared by physician for potential right foot fracture; seven-day mandatory rest

Fabricio Guerreiro: Suspended 180 days or must be cleared by physician for potential left hand fracture, x-ray required; seven-day mandatory rest period

Jay Bogan: Suspended 180 days or must be cleared by physician for potential left knee fracture, MRI required; seven-day mandatory rest period

Dave Jansen: Suspended 60 days or must be cleared by physician for lacerations to left cheek, left eyebrow, right eyebrow; seven-day mandatory rest period

Brian Rogers: Suspended 45 days, 30 days no contact; no exception due to hard bout

Aaron Miller: Suspended 45 days, 30 days no contact pending right eye clearance by ER doctor; seven-day mandatory rest period

Will Brooks: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Joe Schilling: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Marcin Held: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Tony Johnson: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Joey Beltran: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Rob Sinclair: Seven-day mandatory rest period

John Teixeira: Seven-day mandatory rest period

A.J. McKee : Seven-day mandatory rest period

Marcos Bonilla: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Chad George: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Mark Vorgeas: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Justin Governale: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Steve Ramirez: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Jonathan Santa Maria: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Luc Bondole: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Chris Herrera: Seven-day mandatory rest period

Cleber Luciano: Seven-day mandatory rest period