The Georgia Athletic Commission released the UFC 201 salaries on Monday, and the UFC had to pay some of the top tier fighters who took part in the event some big money.
The main event was a welterweight title fight between Robbie Lawler ($500,000) and Tyron Woodley ($340,000) while the co-main event was Rose Namajunas ($46,000) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz ($38,000). Rounding out the main card was Matt Brown ($73,000) vs. Jake Ellenberger ($150,000), Francisco Rivera ($23,000) vs. Erik Perez ($48,000), and Ryan Benoit ($26,000) vs. Fredy Serrano ($12,000).
UFC 201 took place on Saturday, July 30th, 2016 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The UFC Fight Pass prelims started at 7PM/3:30PM ET PT while the FS2 prelims started at 8PM/5PM ET PT and the main card started at 10PM/7PM ET PT.
The full payouts include:
Tyron Woodley: $340,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus) def. Robbie Lawler: $500,000
Karolina Kowalkiewicz: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus) def. Rose Namajunas: $46,000
Jake Ellenberger: $150,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus) def. Matt Brown: $73,000
Erik Perez: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Francisco Rivera: $23,000
Ryan Benoit: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Fredy Serrano: $12,000
Nikita Krylov: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Ed Herman: $51,000
Jorge Masvidal: $114,000 (includes $57,000 win bonus) def. Ross Pearson: $54,000
Anthony Hamilton: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Damian Grabowski: $18,000
Wilson Reis: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Hector Sandoval: $12,000
Michael Graves: $12,000 vs. Bojan Velickovic: $14,000 (fight was declared a majority draw)
Damien Brown: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Cesar Arzamendia: $10,000
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