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UFC on ESPN 69 salaries

June 16, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

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

Via UFC.com

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