Final weekend Yoel Romero did now not form a winning commence to his lifestyles in Bellator MMA. At Bellator 266 he misplaced to Phil Davis by split choice (though many view it have to have been a unanimous choice). That loss eradicated ‘The Soldier of God’ from the Bellator Gentle Heavyweight World Colossal Prix Occasion.
It’s no longer all spoiled knowledge for Romero, though. The feeble Olympian did dart home with the ultimate pay test on the evening (per MMA Fighting). In step with numbers launched by the California Enlighten Athletic Commission Romero used to be paid a flat-rate of $150,000. That’s $50,000 more than the two next highest earning warring parties: Davis and Neiman Gracie.
Romero’s final payday within the UFC saw him scoop a reported $380,000 in a shedding effort versus Israel Adesanya for the UFC middleweight title. In his final non-title strive in opposition to within the UFC, Romero moreover took home $150,000.
These latest figures are handiest the salaries reported to CSAC and attain no longer mirror any extra bonuses warring parties may perhaps presumably perhaps well have been paid by the promotion. They moreover attain no longer encompass any just sponsorships any of these warring parties may perhaps presumably perhaps well have secured.
The paunchy list of salaries from Bellator 266 may perhaps presumably perhaps moreover moreover be viewed below:
Yoel Romero: $150,000
Phil Davis: $100,000
Neiman Gracie: $100,000
DeAnna Bennett: $38,600 — $27,000 to uncover, $17,000 to have interaction minus $5,400 for lacking weight
Alejandra Lara: $27,700 — $25,000 to uncover plus $2,700 penalty from Bennett lacking weight.
Saul Rogers: $80,000 — $40,000 to uncover, $40,000 to have interaction
Georgi Karakhanyan: $35,000
Ben Parrish: $20,000 — $10,000 to uncover, $10,000 to have interaction
Christian Edwards: $30,000
Alex Polizzi: $36,000 — $18,000 to uncover, $18,000 to have interaction
Grant Neal: $16,000
Anthony Adams: $40,000 — $20,000 to uncover, $20,000 to have interaction
Khalid Murtazaliev: $33,000
Bobby Seronio III: $3,000 — $1,500 to uncover, $1,500 to have interaction
Socrates Hernandez: $2,000
Abraham Vaesau: $6,000 — $3,000 to uncover, $3,000 to have interaction
Albert Gonzalez: $3,000
Shane Keefe: $3,000 — $1,500 to uncover, $1,500 to have interaction
Rhalan Gracie: $5,000
Edwin De Los Santos: $3,000 — $1,500 to uncover, $1,500 to have interaction
Jonathan Adams: $1,500
Jesse Delgado: $4,000 — $2,000 to uncover, $2,000 to have interaction
Joshua Dillon: $2,000
