Report: ‘Rampage’ Received $200K Bonus from Bellator for Pay-Per-View Bout
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details about Quinton Jackson’s contract with Bellator MMA have
emerged. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
Quinton Jackson apparently had a pretty sweet deal with Bellator MMA.
Newsday recently obtained a copy of the complaint filed by the promotion, which is seeking an injunction to prevent Jackson from fighting on April 25 at UFC 186 against Fabio Maldonado. A hearing will take place on April 2 Burlington County, N.J.
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One of the issues between the two sides stems from Bellator’s pay-per-view event held on May 17, 2014. According to the complaint, Jackson was to receive $4 for every pay-per-view buy exceeding 190,000. The event reportedly did more than 100,000 buys, but Jackson was still paid a $200,000 bonus even though Bellator 120 did not clear the 190,000 mark.
Bellator’s suit also claims that Spike TV President Kevin Kay
informed Jackson’s team of the pay-per-view numbers after the card,
but Jackson’s manager emailed Bellator on Oct. 15, 2014 to claim a
breach of contract because pay-per-view report was not
provided.
According to the complaint, Jackson’s Bellator deal included a number of bonuses, as revealed by Newsday:
The deal, which was negotiated with then-Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney, included a 2013 Tesla Sport worth $129,603, an additional $100,000 signing bonus and guaranteed fight purses beginning at $200,000 and maxing out at $300,000 for non-PPV fights, according to the complaint. Jackson also was to receive between $200,000 and $450,000 for a pay-per-view fight. Bellator also agreed to pay Jackson $50,000 "in the event that he did not receive a certain revenue amount from sponsorships," the complaint said.
That wasn’t all, however. Jackson’s contract included a number of other interesting stipulations:
-30 percent of net gate receipts received by Bellator above $400,000 at any event he fought
- $35,000 per episode to air a four-episode "Rampage 4 Real" reality program on Spike TV.
- a screenwriter who worked directly with Jackson to develop a potential feature film project.
- "direct access to and communications with" Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures to develop film opportunities
- An appearance on the red carpet at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards
In addition, Bellator paid more than $250,000 dollars to air a commercial promoting his fight with Muhammed Lawal on ESPN during the NBA playoffs, and the promotion dropped another $200,000 to get the rights to a Rolling Stones song to use for a Jackson advertisement.
Jackson recently took to social media to address Bellator’s complaint.
“I think Bellator is trying to scare the other fighters that are not happy with the changes [Coker] made when he took over and [that are] trying to get out of their contracts. Good luck to all the other fighters [that aren’t] happy,” he wrote on Instagram.
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