Bellator 268 Salaries: Vadim Nemkov ($250K), Corey Anderson ($200K) Top Payroll

Light heavyweight grand prix semifinal winners Vadim Nemkov and Corey Anderson topped the payroll for Bellator 268.

The Arizona Department of Gaming recently released salaries from the event, which took place at the Footprint Center in Phoeniz, Ariz., on Oct. 16.

Nemkov, the promotion’s reigning 205-pound champion, earned $250,000 for his fourth-round submission of Julius Anglickas ($150,000) in the evening’s main event. Anderson, meanwhile, pocketed $200,000 for a first-round TKO of ex-champ Ryan Bader ($150,000) in the co-headliner. Nemkov and Anderson will square off with light heavyweight gold on the line at an as yet to be determined event next year.

The only other six-figure earner on the card was former UFC lightweight king Benson Henderson, who garnered $150,000 for a decision loss to Brent Primus ($50,000) in a featured 155-pound contest.

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 268 Salaries:

Vadim Nemkov: $250,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
Julius Anglickas: $150,000

Corey Anderson: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
Ryan Bader $150,000

Brent Primus: $50,000
Benson Henderson: $150,000

Henry Corrales: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
Vladyslav Parubchenko: $10,000

Karl Albrektsson: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov: $70,000

Mukhamed Berkhamov: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
Grant Neal: $24,000

Nick Browne: $37,200 (includes $18,000 win bonus and $1,200 from opponent weight miss)
Bobby Lee: $9,600 (includes $2,400 deduction for weight miss)

Javier Torres: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Gregory Millard: $13,000

Sumiko Inaba: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Randi Field: $4,000

Lance Gibson Jr.: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
Raymond Pina: $3,000

Jaylon Bates: $20,000 (no win bonus)
Raphael Montini de Lima: $2,500

Sullivan Cauley: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
Deon Clash: $2,000