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UFC 248 salaries: Adesanya heads list with $500K

March 7, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The Nevada Athletic Commission disclosed salaries for tonight’s UFC 248 event in Las Vegas.  Middleweight champ Israel Adesanya led the salary roster with $500,000.

Yoel Romero, the challenger, will earn $350,000 but neither main eventer will earn a win bonus.  In the co-main event, Weili Zhang will earn $100,000 plus another $100,000 if she successfully defends her strawweight title.  The former champ, Joanna Jedrzejcyzk will earn slightly more as the challenger making $106,000 and another $106,000 if she wins.

The rest of the payouts are as follows:

Beneil Dariush: $70,000/$70,000

Drakkar Klose:  $40,000/$40,000

Neil Magny:  $76,000/$76,000

Li Jingliang  $64,000/$64,000

Alex Oliveira:  $64,000/$64,000

Max Griffin;  $35,000/$35,000

Sean O’Malley:  $35,000/$35,000

Jose Quinonez:  $33,000/$33,000

Mark Madsen:  $33,000/$33,000

Austin Hubbard:  $12,000/$12,000

Rodolfo Vieira:  $14,000/$14,000

Saparbek Safarov:  $22,000/$22,000

Gerald Meerschaert: $30,000/$30,000

Deron Winn:  $12,000/$12,000

Emily Withmire $14,000/$14,000 (missed weight)

Polyana Viana:  $18,000/$18,000

Giga Chikadze:  $12,000/$12,000

Jamall Emmers:  $10,000/$10,000

Batgerel Danaa:  $10,000/$10,000

Guido Cannetti:  $14,000/$14,000

Of course, the above disclosed payouts does not include any locker room bonuses, PPV upside or any other type of bonuses. 

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