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Scott Coker Refuses To Give Out Post-Fight Bonuses In Bellator

Scott Coker has a budget, and he has no plans to budge from it. The UFC is known for their post-fight bonuses, given to fighters after each event for impressive performances or insane fights, which often leads to fighters begging for the $50k bonus after fights. However, Coker has no interest in bringing something like […]

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Scott Coker has a budget, and he has no plans to budge from it.

The UFC is known for their post-fight bonuses, given to fighters after each event for impressive performances or insane fights, which often leads to fighters begging for the $50k bonus after fights. However, Coker has no interest in bringing something like that over to Bellator any time soon.

Speaking to the press after Bellator 268, the promotional president made it clear that, while they have given thought to introducing post-fight bonuses in Bellator, they do not have any interest in doing so. He says that the promotion has a budget for fighter pay, and he does not want to lessen what he pays fighters upfront, simply to give some fighters bonuses on the backend.

“It’s something that we’ve obviously talked about internally for years, but we have a certain budget that we pay fighters, and it’s a big, big budget, it’s the biggest budget in the company. We pay our fighters top dollar to perform, and so we take the bonuses out of it because we’re paying like top, top, top dollar,” Coker said.

“So we’re not skimming back and saying ‘Okay, why don’t we hold this to see if they perform as a bonus?’ We pay them as much as we can, we pay them well, and I’m sure if you talk to some of the fighters, you’ll hear the same thing. We pay extremely well here, and if they perform, (their pay) is going to go up. It’s really up to them at that point… Every single penny that we had budgeted for the year for fighters, we always paid out max. So we just do it a different way.”

It is certainly interesting to see the different schools of thought, with how Bellator runs their promotion juxtaposed to the UFC. While both Scott Coker and Dana White may believe that they are doing the right thing, it could simply be a matter of what is best for their individual promotion, rather than trying to set a sport-wide norm.

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UFC Vegas 39 Bonuses: Four Women Bank An Extra $50K

There were four post fight bonuses given out following UFC Vegas 39. Every single bonus went to a woman tonight as well. ‘Performance of the Night’: Loopy Godinez Loopy Godinez had a pretty easy night against Silvana Gomez Juarez after she finished her via Armbar in the 1st round. Gomez Juarez only landed 3 strikes […]

There were four post fight bonuses given out following UFC Vegas 39. Every single bonus went to a woman tonight as well.

‘Performance of the Night’: Loopy Godinez

Loopy Godinez had a pretty easy night against Silvana Gomez Juarez after she finished her via Armbar in the 1st round. Gomez Juarez only landed 3 strikes the entire round and was taken down a total of 5 times. Today’s bout was Gomez Juarez’s first UFC fight and didn’t go the way she wanted it to go.

‘Performance of the Night‘: Mariya Agapova

Mariya Agapova was able to land at will today, landing 99/170 strikes while 93 of them were considered signature strikes. In the 3rd round, Agapova landed a punch that knocked down Sabina Mazo and provided an opening to submit Mazo. Agapova ended up securing the win early in the 3rd round via a rear-naked choke.

‘Fight of the Night’: Mackenzie Dern vs Marina Rodriguez

Marina Rodriguez made relatively easy work in her decision win over Mackenzie Dern at Fight Night 194. Coming into the fight, many thought Dern would be the one walking away with her hand raised. Rodriguez was the better fighter (as predicted) when standing and throwing. Dern took control when the fight got to the ground, but she was unable to finish her with a submission despite multiple attempts. Dern only was able to take Rodriguez to the ground twice, but spent the majority of the fight standing. Rodriguez landed almost 150 strikes in the entire fight.

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UFC Fight Night: Waterson Vs. Hill Bonuses

Earlier tonight (Sat. September 12, 2020) UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs Hill took place from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility played host to a match-up between two ranked women’s flyweight’s Michelle Waters and Angela Hill. The five-round war resulted in Waterson edging out a split decision to emerge victoriously. After fighting […]

Earlier tonight (Sat. September 12, 2020) UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs Hill took place from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The facility played host to a match-up between two ranked women’s flyweight’s Michelle Waters and Angela Hill. The five-round war resulted in Waterson edging out a split decision to emerge victoriously. After fighting through adversity early the Karate Hottie was able to rally and win out the later rounds of the fight. In the co-main event, rising prospects clashed as Ottman Azaitar took on Khama Worthy. The punching power of Azaitar proved to be too much securing the knockout earlier in round one and retaining his undefeated record. Outside of these two fights, there were plenty of moments warranting of bonuses.

Fight of the Night came in the main event between Michelle Waterson and Angela Hill. As the fight began Hill established some dominance on the feet landing effective shots on Waterson while defending the takedown attempts. In the second round, Hill continued to show striking superiority while Waterson managed to have slightly more success on the feet. The third round opened with Hill landing some effective shots followed by Waterson landing a takedown and dominating the action on the ground. In the fourth round, Hill seemed to have slowed down as Waterson took the lead on the feet landing more shots and winning out the round. In the fifth, it was fairly even going to the decision in which Waterson took the win.

The First Performance of the Night bonus went to Kevin Croom in his debut fight against Roosevelt Roberts. Croom defied the oddsmakers landing a 0:31 second knockout victory.

In the final Performance of the Night, Ottman Azaitar showcased his knockout power against fellow rising prospect Khama Worthy. Azaitar retained his undefeated record and set himself up for a higher-ranked opponent securing the knockout in 1:33.

UFC Fight Night: Brunson Vs. Shahbazyan Bonuses

Earlier tonight (Sat. Aug 1st, 2020) UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs Shahbazyan took place from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility hosted a main event bout between ranked Middleweights Derek Brunson and Edmen Shahbazyan. The veteran Brunson proved why he was been at the top of the divison for so long, derailing […]

Earlier tonight (Sat. Aug 1st, 2020) UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs Shahbazyan took place from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The facility hosted a main event bout between ranked Middleweights Derek Brunson and Edmen Shahbazyan. The veteran Brunson proved why he was been at the top of the divison for so long, derailing the rise of UFC prospect Shahbazyan. What was a fairly close opening round took a turn in the second seeing Brunson end the round on top landing ground and pound. Coming out for the final round Shahbazyan looked drained and was quickly taken down and finished. In the co-main event Jennifer Maia spoiled Joanne Calderwood’s plans for a title shot by submitting her via armbar in the first round. Outside of these two fights there were plenty of moments warranting bonuses.

Fight of the Night was the opening fight on the main card between Bobby Green and Lando Vannata. This three-round war some both fighters land large blows in the first however, Green seemed to land more and have the bigger moments approaching the end of the fight finishing with domination in the third round. This landed him a unanimous decision victory.

Official Result: Bobby Green def. Lando Vannata via Unanimous Decision (30/26, 30/27, 30/27)

The first Performance of the night came in the fight following between Vincente Luque and Randy Brown. After taking away the jab of Brown with leg kicks in the first round Luque was able to put it together both in the stand up and on the ground landing accumulative damage on Brown before finding the finishing blow via knee right at the end of the second round.

Official Result: Vincente Luque def. Randy Brown via Knockout (Knee) 4:56, R2

The final Performance of the Night bonus came in the events co main event between Joanne Calderwood and Jennifer Maia. Going into this bout Calderwood had seemingly put her previously booked title shot on the line against the Brazilian. Maia landed often in the stand up exchanges eventually ending up on the ground where she was able to secure an armbar and earn her submission victory.

Official Result: Jennifer Maia def. Joanne Calderwood via Submission (Armbar) 4:29, R1

UFC 251 Usman Vs. Masvidal Bonuses

Earlier tonight (Sat. June 11th, 2020) UFC 251 took place from Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Fight island played host to three title bouts for the Welterweight, Featherweight and Bantamweight divisions. In the main event, we saw Kamaru Usman dominate Jorge Masvidal to defend his welterweight title. In the co-main event, Alexander Volkanovski edged out Max […]

Earlier tonight (Sat. June 11th, 2020) UFC 251 took place from Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.

Fight island played host to three title bouts for the Welterweight, Featherweight and Bantamweight divisions. In the main event, we saw Kamaru Usman dominate Jorge Masvidal to defend his welterweight title. In the co-main event, Alexander Volkanovski edged out Max Holloway on the scorecards to close the book on their series of bouts. And in the first title bout of the evening, Petr Yan become the Bantamweight champion after finishing Jose Aldo in the fifth round. Outside of these title fights, there were plenty of moments to excite, some of which warranted a bonus.

The First Performance Of The Night went to Davey Grant in the opening bout of the evening. This matchup against saw Grant take on Martin Day in what was a competitive stand-up war. In the final round, Grant caught Day with a left hook that secured him the knockout victory and performance bonus.

The Second Performance Of The Night bonus went to Jiri Prochazka in his debut fight against #7 ranked light-heavyweight Volkan Oezdemir. A fight with a very unique style, Prochazka showcased how entertaining his style is from the bell. The first round was a back and forth striking battle that saw both fighters rocked at times. Entering the second round, Prochazka quickly found the finish he was looking for landing a huge right hook on Oezdemir 49 seconds into the round.

The Fight Of The Night came in the bout between former strawweight champions, Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade. The two had a very competitive match this time around, both having made great adjustments from their first outing. While the fight was very competitive Namajunas managed to edge out Andrade and get back her loss from the first bout.

UFC Apex: Woodley Vs. Burns Bonuses

Earlier tonight (Sat. May 30, 2020) UFC Apex: Woodley vs. Burns took place from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company owned facility hosted a welterweight title eliminator bout between former champion Tyron Woodley and rising contender Gilbert Burns in which Burns got a dominant decision victory. In the co-main event of the […]

Earlier tonight (Sat. May 30, 2020) UFC Apex: Woodley vs. Burns took place from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The company owned facility hosted a welterweight title eliminator bout between former champion Tyron Woodley and rising contender Gilbert Burns in which Burns got a dominant decision victory. In the co-main event of the event, we saw a heavyweight bout between Blagoy Ivanov and Augusto Sakai. This fight was a close decision that saw Sakai edge out Ivanov. Outside of the main events, there were plenty of great moments over the card, some of which pocketed athletes a bonus.

Fight Of The Night came in a matchup between Tim Elliot and Brandon Royval. Being his debut Royval set out to showcase his ability both on the feet, however, this plan was short-lived as Elliot immediately sought after the takedown to negate his ability in striking. What was a competitive bout ultimately finished with Royval finding an arm triangle submission in the second round.

The First Performance Of The Night went to Mackenzie Dern for her quick kneebar submission of Hannah Cifers only 2:36 into the first round. The submission will go down in history as the first female to get a finish via leg lock in the UFC.

The final Performance Of The Night went to Gilbert Burns for his domination of Tyron Woodley in the main event. Starting fast Burns managed to knock down the former champion quickly controlling him on the round for the remainder of the round. What ensued in the rest of the fight followed trend as Woodley was unable to find an opportunity to get started resulting in him being controlled and pieced apart for the full 25 minutes. The judges scored the bout 50-44, 50-44, 50-45 for the rising contender seemingly putting him in the conversation for a title shot.