Yoel
Romero’s Bellator MMA debut didn’t go as planned, but the
former UFC title challenger was nonetheless the highest-paid
fighter on Saturday’s card.
Romero earned a disclosed $150,000 salary for his split-decision
loss to Phil Davis in
the
Bellator 266 headliner at the SAP Center in San Jose. Davis,
meanwhile, took home $100,000 for his victory in the light
heavyweight bout. The California State Athletic Commission recently
released salary figures from the event.
Neiman
Gracie was the only other six-figure earner from the card, as
he garnered $100,000 for a first-round technical knockout of
Mark
Lemminger ($40,000) in a featured welterweight affair.
Note: The disclosed purses reported by state athletic
commissions do not include any performance-based or discretionary
bonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the promotion.
Additionally, the reported figures do not reflect any deductions
made by the commission for taxes, insurance, etc., and do not
include any sponsorship money that a fighter may acquire for their
performance.
Bellator 266 Salaries:
Phil
Davis: $100,000
Yoel
Romero: $150,0000
Neiman
Gracie: $100,000
Mark
Lemminger: $40,000
DeAnna
Bennett: $38,600 (includes $17,000 win bonus, $5,400 fine for
missing weight)
Alejandra
Lara: $27,700 (includes $2,700 for opponent weight miss)
Saul
Rogers: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
Georgi
Karakhanyan: $35,000
Ben
Parrish: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Christian
Edwards: $30,000
Alex
Polizzi: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
Grant
Neal: $16,000
Anthony
Adams: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Khalid
Murtazaliev: $33,000
Robert
Seronio III: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus)
Socrates
Hernandez: $2,000
Abraham
Vaesau: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
Albert
Gonzales: $3,000
Shane
Keefe: $3,000 (includes $1,5000 win bonus)
Rhalan
Gracie: $5,000
Edwin
De Los Santos: $3,000 (includes $1,5000 win bonus)
Jonathan
Adams: $1,500
Jesse
Delgado: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
Joshua
Dillon: $2,000