UFC 200 and the TUF 23 Finale combined for over eight million dollars in reported salaries.
Usually when these posts are written, there is a lot of criticism over the UFC’s base salaries. While there were some surprises on the low scale (see Dillashaw), the promotion set a lot of records with the UFC 200 disclosed pay – Brock Lesnar’s massive cheque, 14 fighters making over $100,000, and over seven million dollars in salary overall.
Sage Northcutt was one of the six-figure guys too, which should ruffle some feathers.
The TUF 23 Finale was obviously much thinner on talent, but Joanna Jedrzejczyk made over 200k, and challenger Claudia Gadelha made 100k as well. Here’s a look at all the salaries from both cards, as per the Nevada Athletic Commission:
UFC 200
Amanda Nunes: $100,000 (no win bonus)
Miesha Tate: $500,000
Brock Lesnar: $2,500,000 (no win bonus)
Mark Hunt: $700,000
Daniel Cormier: $500,000 (no win bonus)
Anderson Silva: $600,000
Jose Aldo: $500,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
Frankie Edgar: $190,000
Cain Velasquez: $300,000 (no win bonus)
Travis Browne: $120,000
Julianna Pena: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus)
Cat Zingano: $35,000
Kelvin Gastelum: $86,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus, $20,000 from Hendricks)
Johny Hendricks: $80,000 (lost 20% to Gastelum for missing weight)
T.J. Dillashaw: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
Raphael Assuncao: $42,000
Sage Northcutt: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Enrique Marin: $13,000
Joe Lauzon: $108,000 (includes $54,000 win bonus)
Diego Sanchez: $80,000
Gegard Mousasi: $110,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)
Thiago Santos: $28,000
Jim Miller: $118,000 (includes $59,000 win bonus)
Takanori Gomi: $55,000
TUF 23 Finale
Joanna Jedrzejczyk: $210,000 (includes $105,000 win bonus)
Claudia Gadelha: $100,000
Andrew Sanchez: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Khalil Roundtree: $15,000
Tatiana Suarez: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Amanda Cooper: $15,000
Will Brooks: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Ross Pearson: $54,000
Doo Ho Choi: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Thiago Tavares: $37,000
Joaquim Silva: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Andrew Holbrook: $12,000
Gray Maynard: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
Fernando Bruno: $12,000
Matheus Nicolau: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
John Moraga: $28,000
Josh Stansbury: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Cory Hendricks: $10,000
Cezar Ferreira: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
Anthony Smith: $15,000
Kevin Lee: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
Jake Matthews: $22,000
Li Jingliang: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Anton Zafir: $10,000