{"id":43829,"date":"2012-10-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=43829"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:29:16","slug":"bellator-boss-rebney-reports-lombard-got-400k-signing-bonus-from-ufc-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/bellator-boss-rebney-reports-lombard-got-400k-signing-bonus-from-ufc-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator Boss Rebney Reports Lombard Got $400k Signing Bonus From UFC | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/lombard.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/lombard.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lombard\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/lombard.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/lombard-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/lombard-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFormer Bellator middleweight champion, Hector Lombard, recently defected from his promotional home to the UFC. <\/p>\n<p>At the time Lombard was in the midst of a 25 fight unbeaten streak and as a result had become one of the hottest free agents on the market.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bellator CEO, Bjorn Rebney, the UFC made his champion an offer they could not match and he lost his man.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the report from <a href=\"http:\/\/MMAFighting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>  <em>  Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said that Bellator has made free agent Eddie Alvarez an offer, and that if he accepts it, he stays in the Bellator fold. If he doesn&#8217;t, Rebney will allow him to bypass the remaining 70+ days of the exclusive negotiating period and take his talents to the open market, where he will no doubt be MMA&#8217;s hottest commodity.<\/p>\n<p>    If that happens, Rebney expects the situation to resolve itself quickly as the UFC is likely to swoop in with an offer, and Bellator will have a chance to match it.<\/p>\n<p>    Rebney went through it six months ago with Hector Lombard, who was at the time Bellator&#8217;s reigning middleweight champion. In that instance, Lombard hit the open market, where he was immediately offered a lucrative deal with the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>    Rebney said that contract, which according to him paid Lombard a $400,000 signing bonus, a $300,000 starting purse per fight and pay-per-view participation points, was cost-prohibitive from Bellator&#8217;s standpoint.<\/p>\n<p>    If the UFC came in with a similar offer for Alvarez, it is believed that would make him the highest-paid 155-pounder in the UFC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Bellator middleweight champion, Hector Lombard, recently defected from his promotional home to the UFC. At the time Lombard was in the midst of a 25 fight unbeaten streak and as a result had become one of the hottest free agents on the market. 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