The Nevada State Athletic Commission disclosed the salaries for the main card on Saturday night. Jon Jones and Tyron Woodley top the card with $500,000 paydays.
Jones’ challenger for the Light Heavyweight Championship, Anthony Smith, will make $350,000. Woodley’s challenger, Kamru Usman also gets $350,000.
Robbie Lawler will make $200,000 and another $100,000 if he wins. Ben Askren has a similar deal except he will make $200,000 to show and another $150,000 for winning. Also, Cody Garbrandt will make $130,000 to show and another $130,000 for winning against Pedro Munhoz tonight.
Via LA Times’ Lance Pugmire:
Guaranteed purses for #UFC235: @JonnyBones and @TWooodley $500k each, @lionheartasmith and @USMAN84kg $350k each, @Benaskren $200k plus $150k with a win and @Ruthless_RL $200k plus $100k with win.
— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) March 3, 2019
Payout Perspective:
We could be seeing a new trend for payouts for champs and challengers. But the most of the main card seems top-heavy with the salaries as 7 of the 10 main card fighters are guaranteed six figure paydays.
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