Is it surprising that the state of Georgia still releases fighter salaries? Upon a request from MMA Junkie, the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission disclosed the fighter salaries from Saturday’s event.
Notably, co-headliner Rose Namajunas made $500,000 ($250K to show/$250K to win) with her victory over Miranda Maverick who made $125,000. The highest guaranteed paid athlete on the card was Kamaru Usman who made $300,000 without a win bonus. Co-headliner Joaquin Buckley earned $150,000.
The rest of the payouts are as follows:
Jamey-Lyn Horth $25K/$25K win bonus defeated Vanessa Demopoulos $65K
Phil Rowe $55K/$55K win bonus defeated Ange Loosa $30K
Ricky Simon $83K/$83K win bonus defeated Cameron Smotherman $14K
Jose Ochoa $10K/$10K win bonus defeated Cody Durden $63K
Malcolm Wellmaker $12K/$12K win bonus defeated Kris Moutinho $14K
Michael Chiesa $150K/$150K win bonus defeated Court McGee $83K
Paul Craig $125K – Rodolfo Bellato $12K (fight a no contest)
Alonzo Minifield $125K/$125K win bonus defeated Oumar Sy $26K
Mansur Abdul-Malik $14K/$14K win bonus defeated Cody Brundage $65K
Raoni Barcelos $51K/$51K win bonus defeated Cody Garbrandt $275K
Edmen Shahbazyan $93K/$93K win bonus defeated Andre Petroski $100K


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