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Conor McGregor made more than everyone else on the UFC 246 card combined
If you go by the officially released base salaries for all the fighters at UFC 246, it’s obvious that one man is getting the lion’s share of the cash. Conor McGregor’s $3 million dollar salary is actually more than everyone else on the card made – combined. That’s quite astounding when you think about it.
While he might have PPV points or other bonuses coming his way, Donald Cerrone’s main card salary was just $200,000, with no win bonus even if he had have emerged victorious. Meanwhile, Holly Holm’s less-than-exciting decision win over Raquel Pennington insured that, with her win bonus, she actually ended up making the same as Cerrone. At least on paper.
Here are the full salaries for the event, courtesy of the Nevada State Athletic Commission:
Conor McGregor: $3,000,000
Donald Cerrone: $200,000
Holly Holm: $200,000 ($150,000 to show, $50,000 to win)
Raquel Pennington: $63,000
Aleskei Oleinik: $150,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 to win)
Maurice Greene: $30,000
Brian Kelleher: $46,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 to win)
Ode Osbourne: $10,000
Carlos Diego Ferreira: $100,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 to win)
Anthony Pettis: $155,000
Roxanne Modafferi: $62,000 ($31,000 to show, $31,000 to win)
Maycee Barber: $29,000
Sodiq Yusuff: $54,000 ($27,000 to show, $27,000 to win)
Andre Fili: $55,000
Askar Askarov: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)Tim Elliott: $31,000
Drew Dober: $110,000 ($55,000 to show, $55,000 to win)
Nasrat Haqparast: $25,000
Aleksa Camur: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Justin Ledet: $20,000
Sabina Mazo: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
JJ Aldrich: $30,000
Claudia Gadelha $54,000 show money, bout with Alexa Grasso was canceled