Bellator 183 purses range from $110k to $2k, plus Bellator KB 7

Bellator 183: Henderson vs. Pitbull took place on September 23, 2017 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The event also featured Bellator Kickboxing 7. Purses for both cards are below.

Bellator 183
Main Card (Spike)
Patricky Freire – $65,000 + $45,000 = $110,000) beat
Benson Henderson ($50,000)
Paul Daley ($50,000 + no win bonus = $50,000) beat
Lorenz Larkin ($40,000)
Roy Nelson ($30,000 + $30,000 = $60,000) beat
Javy Ayala ($50,000)
Aaron Pico ($25,000 + $25,000 = $50,000) beat
Justin Linn ($4,000)
Goiti Yamauchi ($16,000 + $16,000 = $32,000) beat
Adam Piccolotti ($18,00)
SUB TOTAL $464,000
Prelim Card (Net)
Tony Johnson ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) beat
Mike Ortega ($1,500)
Kaytlin Neil ($2,000 + $2,000 = $4,000) beat
Brooke Mayo ($3,000)
Brandon Laroco ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) beat
Gaston Bolanos ($4,000)
Corina Herrera ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) beat
Jaymee Nievara ($1,500)
Fernando Gonzalez ($6,000 + $6,000 = $12,000) beat
Alex Lopez ($2,500)
Ricardo Vasquez ($1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000) beat
Justin Tenedora ($1,500)
J.J. Okanovich ($2,000 + $2,000 = $4,000) beat
Luis Jauregui ($1,500)
Daniel Gonzalez ($1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000) beat
Anthony Castrejon ($1,000)
SUB TOTAL: $49,500
Bellator MMA TOTAL: $513,500

Bellator Kickboxing 7
Main Card (Spike, Tape Delay)
Kevin Ross ($25,000 + no win bonus = $25,000) beat
Domenico Lomurno ($6,939.72)
Raymond Daniels ($30,000 + no win bonus = $30,000) beat
Karim Ghajji ($50,000)
Joe Schilling ($50,000 + no win bonus = $50,000) beat
Najib Idali ($60,000)
Jorina Baars ($12,000 + no win bonus = $12,000) beat
Anke Van Gestel ($2,500)
Malaipet Sasiprapa ($6,000 + no win bonus = $6,000) beat
Joe Palacios ($3,500)
Prelim Card (Unaired)
Jonathan Tan ($1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000) beat
Jacob Ycaro ($1,000)
TOTAL: $248,939.72

Event TOTAL: $762,439.72

Via MMAFighting.

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