Bellator 290 Salaries: Bader, Eblen Top Payroll with $150K Apiece

It was a good night for reigning champions at
Bellator 290.

In the main event, Ryan Bader
defended his heavyweight belt with a first-round technical knockout
of the retiring Fedor
Emelianenko. Meanwhile, Johnny
Eblen retained the middleweight strap with a five-round verdict
against Anatoly
Tokov in the evening’s co-headliner.

As it turns out, Bader and Eblen were the top earners at the event
as well. Both pocketed $150,000 for their championship triumphs.
Emelianenko earned $100,000 in his swan song, while Tokov garnered
$75,000 for his loss to Eblen. The California State Athletic
Commission recently released a full list of salaries from the
event, which took place at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on
Saturday night.

There were two other six-figure earners at Bellator 290: Sabah
Homasi ($100,000), who suffered a second-round TKO loss to
Brennan
Ward ($75,000) and Christopher
Gonzalez ($100,000), who stopped Max
Rohskopf ($30,000) with punches in the second stanza.

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 290 Salaries:

Ryan
Bader: $150,000
Fedor
Emelianenko: $100,000

Johnny
Eblen: $150,000
Anatoly
Tokov: $75,000

Brennan
Ward: $75,000
Sabah
Homasi: $100,000

Lorenz
Larkin: $75,000
Mukhamed
Berkhamov: $33,000

Henry
Corrales: $75,000
Akhmed
Magomedov: $28,000

Steve
Mowry: $70,000
Ali
Isaev: $70,000

Christopher
Gonzalez: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Max
Rohskopf: $30,000

Grant
Neal: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
Karl
Albrektsson: $35,000

Diana
Avsaragova: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
Alejandra
Lara: $60,000

Nikita
Mikhailov: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
Darrion
Caldwell: $50,000

Neiman
Gracie: $70,000
Dante
Schiro: $20,000