Bellator 300 salaries: Cris Cyborg cashes $300,000 purse for Cat Zingano title defense

08/10/2023 05:13

Cris Cyborg was the highest disclosed earner for Bellator's tricentennial event.

Cyborg, the Bellator women's featherweight champion, cashed a flat $300,000 fight purse with no win bonus for her successful title defense over Cat Zingano in Bellator 300's co-main event, which took place Saturday at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, Calif.

Cyborg crushed Zingano with an effortless first-round TKO stoppage to record her fifth defense of the Bellator women's featherweight title.

Zingano earned $150,000 in the losing effort. Like Cyborg, Zingano was also on a flat fee and would not have earned a win bonus with a victorious performance.

The California State Athletic Commission released the event's salary report to MMA Fighting in the aftermath of Bellator 300.

In total, Cyborg headlined a list of seven fighters to earn six-figure paydays, joining Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov ($150,000), Brent Primus ($150,000), Cat Zingano ($150,000), Bellator flyweight champion Liz Carmouche ($150,000), Ilima-Lei Macfarlane ($150,000), and Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov ($100,000).

All six fighters in the championship bouts earned flat fees rather than show/win splits.

Notably, Macfarlane forfeited 20 percent of her purse for missing weight.

A complete list of the Bellator 300 salaries can be seen below.

As always, these figures do not represent a fighter's total earnings, as sponsorship incomes and other forms of income are not publicly disclosed.

• Usman Nurmagomedov ($150,000 + no win bonus = $150,000) def. Brent Primus ($150,000)
• Cris Cyborg ($300,000 + no win bonus = $300,000) def. Cat Zingano ($150,000)
• Liz Carmouche ($150,000 + no win bonus = $150,000) def. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane ($150,000)
• Bobby Seronio III ($4,000 + $4,000 = $8,000) vs. Alberto Garcia ($2,000)
• Leah McCourt ($30,000 + $30,000 = $60,000) def. Sara McMann ($30,000)
• Sergio Cossio ($30,000 + $30,000 = $60,000) vs. Jesse Roberts ($12,000)
• Kai Kamaka III ($38,000 + $38,000 = $76,000) def. Henry Corrales ($50,000)
• Slim Trabelsi ($60,000 + no win bonus = $60,000) def. Davion Franklin ($75,000)
• Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov ($50,000 + $50,000 = $100,000) def. Maciej Rozanski ($23,000)
• Mukhamed Berkhamov ($33,000 + $33,000 = $66,000) vs. Herman Terrado ($22,000)
• Grant Neal ($30,000 + $30,000 = $60,000) def. Romero Cotton ($50,000)
• Jena Bishop ($28,000 + $28,000 = $56,000) def. Ilara Joanne ($23,000)
• Josh Hokit ($5,000 + $5,000 = $10,000) def. Spencer Smith ($5,000)
• Dmytrii Hrytsenko ($13,000 + $13,000 = $26,000) def. Justin Montalvo ($10,000)
• Bryce Meredith ($7,500 + no win bonus = $7,500) def. Miguel Peimbert ($4,000)
• Jackie Cataline ($5,000 + $5,000 = $10,000) def. Lorrany Santos ($35,000)