After Cage Warriors bought out his contract, Ronnie Mann said his split with Bellator MMA was amicable, especially since officials from his former home gave him a nice parting gift. As announced this past week, Cage Warriors paid $5,000 to buy out Mann’s contract, and the U.K.-based organization promptly signed him to a new five-fight deal. And though Bellator had every right to keep the money, Mann said they ultimately gave it to him instead. “As an apology – that’s why I’ve been saying they’re a great company – they are going to donate that $5,000 to myself for keeping me on the shelf so long,” he today told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “I haven’t gotten it yet, but they said they said they’re going to transfer it to me. “They said they kept me on the shelf, and that’s an apology for doing so.” Mann (21-6-1), who was born in Thailand but not calls England home, was once of Bellator’s biggest signings, but the 26-year-old’s bookings were sporadic after he fell short in a pair of eight-man tournaments. Although he fought four times in 2011, he registered just one Bellator appearance in 2012. He’s also fought just once this year.
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