Daniel James ($100K), Cat Zingano ($100K) Top Payroll

Both Daniel
James and Cat Zingano
took home disclosed six-figure paydays for their victories at
Bellator
293 on Friday night.

James pocketed $100,00 for a third-round technical knockout of
Marcelo
Golm ($50,000) in the evening’s main event at the Pechanga
Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. Zingano, meanwhile, also
garnered $100,000 for a unanimous decision triumph against Leah
McCourt ($40,000) in the Bellator 293 co-headliner. The
California State Athletic Commission released salaries from the
event to
MMAjunkie.com over the weekend.

Other top earners included John Salter
($86,000), who announced his retirement after outpointing Aaron
Jeffrey ($60,000) in a featured middleweight affair, and Adam
Piccolotti, who submitted Mandel
Nallo in the third round of a preliminary lightweight
clash.

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 293 Salaries:

Daniel
James: $100,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Marcelo
Golm: $50,000

Cat
Zingano: $100,000 (no win bonus)
Leah
McCourt: $40,000

John
Salter: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus)
Aaron
Jeffery: $60,000

Archie
Colgan: $30,000 (no win bonus)
Justin
Montalvo: $10,000

Luke
Trainer: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus)
Sullivan
Cauley: $30,000

Rakim
Cleveland: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Christian
Edwards: $10,000

Mike
Hamel: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus)
Nick
Browne: $24,000

Adam
Piccolotti: $76,000 (includes $38,000 win bonus)
Mandel
Nallo: $35,000

Sara
Collins: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Pam
Sorenson: $21,000

Jefferson
Creighton: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Joey Davis:
$60,000

Lucas
Brennan: $20,000 (no win bonus)
Josh
San Diego: $5,000

Vladimir
Tokov: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
Lance
Gibson Jr.: $40,000

Randi
Field: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Ashley
Cummins: $3,000

Bryce
Meredith: $30,000 (no win bonus)
Brandon
Carrillo: $2,000

Mackenzie
Stiller: $4,500 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
Maria
Henderson: $10,000