Last week I had the opportunity to jump on with John and Paul for the back to school edition of Show Money discussing Dana White’s remarks about his GQ article, fighter pay, ONE’s debut on Amazon Prime and an update on the UFC lawsuit.
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UFC 278 salaries
The Utah Athletic Commission disclosed the payouts from the August 20th PPV in Salt Lake City. Per the disclosure (obtained by MMA Junkie), Kamaru Usman earned $500K for his title defense against Leon Edwards. Edwards, who won the championship with a fifth round headkick, earned $350K. The rest of the payouts are as follows: Paulo […]
PBC Payouts from Ruiz-Ortiz
Dan Rafael reported the contract purses for Sunday night’s PBC PPV featuring Andy Ruiz and Luis Ortiz. Ruiz, the winner of last night’s main event, was the highest purse earning $1 million. Per Rafael, the other purses are as follows: Ruiz’s opponent, Luis Ortiz earned $550K. Isaac Cruz: $200K Eduardo Ramirez $175K Abner Mares: $200K […]
Bellator 283 salaries
Bellator 283 took place on Friday night at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. The Washington State Department of Licensing disclosed the purse information for the event on Tuesday. Jason Jackson, with his victory against Douglas Lima, earned the most of any fighter per the disclosed pay sheet. Jackson earned $108,000 plus another $83,000 […]
Ryan Garcia cashes at least $2M for Fortuna fight
Ryan Garcia made a guaranteed $2 million on Saturday night in his fight against Javier Fortuna in Los Angeles. Fortuna made $100,000 per the California State Athletic Commission as obtained by Manouk Akopyan, Dan Rafael and others. Garcia earned a 6th round KO victory over Fortuna at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The rest […]