Bellator Champions Series 4
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Bellator Champions Series 4: Nurmagomedov vs. Shabliy (also known as Bellator Champions Series San Diego) was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on September 7, 2024, at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California, United States.
Background
The event marked the promotion's third visit to San Diego and first since Bellator 300 in October 2023.
A Bellator Lightweight World Championship bout between current champion Usman Nurmagomedov and Alexandr Shabliy headlined the event. The pair was previously expected to headline at Bellator Champions Series 2, but Nurmagomedov withdrew from the event due to injury.
Roughly a two-week before the card there a fight changes made:
- On August 29, it was announced that two bouts between Raufeon Stots vs. Marcos Breno and Grant Neal vs. Khalid Murtazaliev were removed from the event for unknown reasons.
- Keri-Taylor Melandez was scheduled to face Sumiko Inaba in a women's flyweight bout, but she withdrew due to knee injury and was replaced by Mackenzie Stiller.
Results
| Fight card (MAX / DAZN) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Usman Nurmagomedov (c) | def. | Alexandr Shabliy | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Lorenz Larkin | def. | Levan Chokheli | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:53 | |
| Middleweight | Aaron Jeffery | def. | Douglas Lima | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Sumiko Inaba | def. | Mackenzie Stiller | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:25 | |
| Lightweight | Jora Ayvazyan | def. | Yancy Medeiros | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (MAX) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Jordan Newman | def. | Imamshafi Aliev | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Masayuki Kikuiri | def. | Herman Terrado | TKO (body kick and punches) | 3 | 2:54 | |
| Bantamweight | Bryce Meredith | def. | John MaCalolooy | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:15 | |
| Heavyweight | Josh Hokit | def. | Sean Rose | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:58 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Ashley Thiner | def. | Aysia Cortez | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:11 |
Reported payout
The following is the reported payout to the athletes as reported to the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). It does not include any discretionary bonuses, side letter (LOA) agreement totals, or sponsorship pay.
- Usman Nurmagomedov: $100,000 (no win bonus) def. Alexander Shabliy: $50,000
- Lorenz Larkin: $100,000 (no win bonus) def. Levan Chokheli: $41,000
- Aaron Jeffery: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Douglas Lima: $50,000
- Sumiko Inaba: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus) def. Mackenzie Stiller: $13,000
- Jora Ayvazyan: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Yancy Medeiros: $25,000
- Jordan Newman: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus) def. Imamshafi Aliev: $30,000
- Masayuki Kikuiri: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Herman Terrado: $7,500
- Bryce Meredith: $30,000 (no win bonus) def. John MaCololooy: $5,000
- Josh Hokit: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Sean Rose: $2,000
- Ashley Thiner: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus) def. Aysia Cortez: $10,000