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Former UFC lightweight Josh Thomson made his Bellator debut this past Saturday at the ‘Dynamite’ event and won, submitting Mike Bronzoulis in the third round.<\/p>\n

Thomson has had nothing but great things to say about his new home and apparently, according to MMAFighting<\/a>, he also faired much better with sponsorship money than he would have in the UFC.<\/p>\n

Under the UFC’s Reebok pay system, Thomson would have made $5,000 for a fight, having seven fights under the Zuffa banner.<\/p>\n

He apparently claims to have made $35,000 from just three of his sponsors for his Bellator debut. $35K vs. $5K, yeah I’m pretty sure he made the right choice. He made seven times what he would have made with the Reebok deal. This a perfect example of how the deal has effected a lot of fighters.<\/p>\n

Do you think more UFC fighters will start jumping ship in order to earn more?<\/p>\n

Sound off in the comments!<\/p>\n

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Former UFC lightweight Josh Thomson made his Bellator debut this past Saturday at the ‘Dynamite’ event and won, submitting Mike Bronzoulis in the third round. 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