Pitbull Makes $100 K Per Belt At Bellator 228

By FIGHTSPORTS Sep 30, 2019 Last updated Sep 30, 2019

It was a good night to be Bellator’s lightweight and featherweight champion, as Patricio Pitbull walked out of Bellator 128 $200,000 richer.

Defending his title against Juan Archuleta, the “champ-champ” made the most out of anyone on the September 28th car from The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Per the California State Athletic Commission, both Gegard Mousasi and Lyoto Machida were second in money made on the DAZN aired card, netting $150,000 each for their main event fight that saw Mousasi gain revenge for a loss he suffered to Machida in the UFC.

In fourth was Darrion Caldwell, making $125,000 to move onto the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinals with a win over Henry Corrales. who only made $30,000 in comparison.

Main Card (DAZN)

Gegard Mousasi ($150,000 + no win bonus = $150,000) def. Lyoto Machida ($150,000)

Patricio Freire ($200,000 + no win bonus = $200,000) def. Juan Archuleta ($75,000)

A.J. McKee ($50,000 + no win bonus = $50,000) def. Georgi Karakhanyan ($30,000)

Darrion Caldwell ($125,000 + no win bonus = $50,000) def. Henry Corrales ($30,000)

Daniel Weichel ($40,000 + $40,000 win bonus = $80,000) def. Saul Rogers ($20,000)

Preliminary Card

A.J. Agazarm ($14,000 + $14,000 win bonus = $28,000) def. Jonathan Quiroz ($2,000)

Ava Knight ($10,000 + $10,000 win bonus = $20,000) def. Shannon Goughary ($3,000)

Antonio McKee ($25,000 + no win bonus = $25,000) def. William Sriyapai ($5,000)

Johnny Cisneros ($4,000 + $4,000 win bonus = $8,000) def. Mike Jasper ($10,000)

Leandro Higo ($14,000 + $14,000 win bonus = $28,000) def. Shawn Bunch ($13,000)

Weber Almeida ($6,000 + $6,000 win bonus = $12,000) def. Castle Williams ($2,000)

James Barnes ($2,250 + $2,250 win bonus = $4,500) def. David Duran ($2,250)

Joshua Jones ($2,000 + $2,000 win bonus = $4,000) def. Dominic Clark ($2,000)

Postlims

Adrian Najera ($1,200 + $1,200 win bonus = $2,400) def. Jason Edwards ($1,200)

Benji Gomez ($1,500 + $1,500 win bonus = $3,000) def. Jonathan Santa Maria ($2,000)

Ozzy Diaz ($1,500 + $1,500 win bonus = $3,000) def. Andre Walker ($1,500)

Ian Butler ($1,500 + $1,500 win bonus = $3,000) def. Emilio Williams ($1,200)