Bellator 292 salaries: Five net six-figure paydays, alongside with Benson Henderson in retirement fight
March 16, 2023 12: 30 pm ET
Twenty warring parties competed this past Friday at Bellator 292 with the titleholders leading all disclosed payouts.
California Exclaim Athletic Rate (CSAC) govt director Andy Foster launched a fat list of fighter payouts Thursday to MMA Junkie. The quantities replicate the disclosed payouts simplest and fabricate no longer include any off-contract bonuses, sponsor payments or discretionary bonuses.
Three of 5 warring parties who pocketed six-figure disclosed paydays tied for the tip procedure on the list with $150,000. Lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) submitted Benson Henderson (30-12 MMA, 7-7 BMMA) within the main tournament, which also used to be the opening spherical of Bellator’s light-weight grand prix.
Both Nurmagomedov and Henderson made a disclosed $150,000 flat purse for their fights, prefer or lose. The different $150,000 recipient used to be Alexander Shabliy (23-3 MMA, 4-0 BMMA), who made $75,000 to existing and a $75,000 prefer bonus for his end of Tofiq Musayev (20-5 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) within the tournament’s opening spherical.
As well, Linton Vassell (24-8 MMA, 12-5 BMMA) made a flat $100,000 for his heavyweight knockout of Valentin Moldavsky (11-3 MMA, 6-2 BMMA) and Michael Page (21-2 MMA, 17-2 BMMA) made a flat $100,000 for his quick injury TKO of Goiti Yamauchi (28-6 MMA, 14-5 BMMA).
Scroll below to peer what the 20 warring parties on Bellator 292 were paid – disclosed quantities simplest.