Bellator Champions Series 4
Bellator Champions Series 4: Nurmagomedov vs. Shabliy 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.
Reported payout
The following is the reported payout to the athletes as reported to the California State Athletic Commission. It does not include any discretionary bonuses, side letter agreement totals, or sponsorship pay.- Usman Nurmagomedov: $100,000 def. Alexander Shabliy: $50,000
- Lorenz Larkin: $100,000 def. Levan Chokheli: $41,000
- Aaron Jeffery: $60,000 def. Douglas Lima: $50,000
- Sumiko Inaba: $82,000 def. Mackenzie Stiller: $13,000
- Jora Ayvazyan: $40,000 def. Yancy Medeiros: $25,000
- Jordan Newman: $36,000 def. Imamshafi Aliev: $30,000
- Masayuki Kikuiri: $26,000 def. Herman Terrado: $7,500
- Bryce Meredith: $30,000 def. John MaCololooy: $5,000
- Josh Hokit: $26,000 def. Sean Rose: $2,000
- Ashley Thiner: $4,000 def. Aysia Cortez: $10,000