A handful of main card fighters led by Bellator mainstay Patricky Freire and former UFC fighters Cheick Kongo and Josh Koscheck led the disclosed payroll for Bellator 172, according to figures released by the California State Athletic Commission to MMA Fighting on Wednesday.
Freire scored the biggest disclosed payday at Bellator 172, earning $80,000 for his second-round knockout win over former Strikeforce champion Josh Thomson in the night’s main event, which took place Feb. 18 at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., and aired live on Spike TV.