The UFC announced the attendance, gate and bonuses from UFC 203.
Stipe Miocic, Alistair Overeem, Yancy Medeiros and Jessica Andrade earned the bonuses of the night. Miocic and Overeem drew the Fight of the Night while Medeiros and Andrade drew the Performance Bonuses. Miocic stopped Overeem in an exciting first round. Medeiros was the featured fight on the Early Fight Pass Prelims as he stopped Sean Spencer. Andrade earned a victory over Joanna Calderwood.
The event at The Quicken Loans Arena drew 18,875 for $2.6M and was announced as a sell-out. It was the first time the UFC visited Cleveland.
The bonuses and event attendance and gate were announced post-fight.
Payout Perspective:
From watching the PPV, it was a lively crowd and a pro-Miocic crowd. The event was a hit with the locals and received a lot of backing from the local sports teams. The heavyweight champ did not disappoint the crowd as he earned a fight bonus for his first round stoppage.
How much did CM Punk make for getting crushed in 2 minutes ?