The Massachusetts State Athletic Commission revealed the salaries for UFC 220. As expected, the main event competitors made the most on the card.
As compiled by MMA Junkie:
Stipe Miocic $600,000 (no win bonus)
def. Franciso Ngannou $500,000
Daniel Cormier $500,000 (no win bonus)
def. Volkan Oezdemir $350,000
Calvin Kattar $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Shane Burgos $22,000
Gian Villante $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
def. Francimar Barrosso $27,000
Rob Font $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Thomas Almeida $36,000
Kyle Bochniak $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Brandon Davis $10,000
Abdul Razak Alhassan $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Sabah Homasi $12,000
Dustin Ortiz $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Alexandre Pantoja $14,000
Julio Arce $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Dan Ige $10,000
Enrique Barzola $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
def. Matt Bessette $12,000
Islam Makhachev $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Gleison Tibau $50,000
Payout Perspective:
This is the third straight fight where the payout for the Heavyweight champ is $600,000 with no win bonus. Unless he’s getting an incremental step up in PPV upside this seems like the champ is underpaid. Miocic drew the top salary on the card with DC and Ngannou right after him followed by Oezdemir. Ngannou had indicated he’d be making $500,000 for the fight. Gian Villante was the only other fighter to earn six figures from their purse and win bonus.
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