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UFC 246 featured the promotion’s highest-paid fighter competing on the same card as the promotion’s lowest-paid fighter, which is so very “Sin City,” where you can find homeless people sleeping in the parking garage of Steve Wynn’s Las Vegas hotel.
“Notorious” banked a flat $3 million for less than a minute of work against fellow welterweight, Donald Cerrone. “Cowboy” made $200,000 for his technical knockout loss, which is the same amount Holly Holm pulled for her hug-and-slug opposite Raquel Pennington.
Elsewhere on the card, “Contender Series” standout Ode Osbourne banked a measly $10,000 for his Octagon debut. Askar Askarov and Aleksa Camur joined “Oddity” in the $10k “show” club, while Sabina Mazo drew $12,000 to appear alongside J.J. Aldrich.
Final UFC 246 payouts and salaries below:
Conor McGregor: $3,000,000
Donald Cerrone: $200,000
McGregor def. Cerrone by TKOHolly Holm: $200,000 ($150,000 to show, $50,000 to win)
Raquel Pennington: $63,000
Holm def. Pennington by unanimous decisionAleskei Oleinik: $150,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 to win)
Maurice Greene: $30,000
Oleinik def. Greene by submissionBrian Kelleher: $46,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 to win)
Ode Osbourne: $10,000
Kelleher def. Osbourne by submissionCarlos Diego Ferreira: $100,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 to win)
Anthony Pettis: $155,000
Ferreira def. Pettis by submissionRoxanne Modafferi: $62,000 ($31,000 to show, $31,000 to win)
Maycee Barber: $29,000
Modafferi def. Barber by unanimous decisionSodiq Yusuff: $54,000 ($27,000 to show, $27,000 to win)
Andre Fili: $55,000
Yusuff def. Fili by unanimous decisionAskar Askarov: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Tim Elliott: $31,000
Askarov def. Elliott by unanimous decisionDrew Dober: $110,000 ($55,000 to show, $55,000 to win)
Nasrat Haqparast: $25,000
Dober def. Haqparast by TKOAleksa Camur: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Justin Ledet: $20,000
Camur def. Ledet by unanimous decisionSabina Mazo: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
JJ Aldrich: $30,000
Mazo def. Aldrich by split decisionClaudia Gadelha: $54,000 to show (bout canceled)
Keep in mind the salaries listed above do not include fight bonuses, Reebok sponsorships, percentages and other unofficial payments. It also does not include deductions for expenses such as insurance, taxes, etc.
For example, the promotion often hands out extra cash for “Fight of the Night” and “Performance of the Night” bonuses, as well as the occasional (and undisclosed) locker room bonuses (sample here).
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