Tag: Colby Covington

Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington’s back-and-forth fight at UFC 245 has left them both receiving lengthy medical suspensions. In the main event, Usman defended his welterweight title by beating Covington by fifth-round TKO. In the fight, “Chaos” also broke his jaw. But, the damage both fighter sustained resulted in the two of them receiving potential […]

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The full list of disclosed UFC 245 salaries are in, with welterweight title main eventers Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington leading the way.

Usman made $500,000 for his fifth-round TKO win over Covington, who banked the same. Also, newly-crowned UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski hauled in a $250,000 payday for his win over Max Holloway, who made $350,000. In total, the full disclosed UFC 245 card payout exceeded $4 million.

Check out the full UFC 245 salaries list below, courtesy of MMA Junkie.

UFC 245 Salaries

• Kamaru Usman: $500,000 (no win bonus)
  def. Colby Covington: $500,000
• Alexander Volkanovski: $250,000 (no win bonus)
  def. Max Holloway: $350,000
• Amanda Nunes: $450,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
  def. Germaine de Randamie: $100,000
• Marlon Moraes: $220,000 (includes $110,000 win bonus)
  def. Jose Aldo: $400,000
• Petr Yan: $132,000 (includes $66,000 win bonus) def. Urijah Faber: $250,000
• Geoff Neal: $62,000 (includes $31,000 win bonus) def. Mike Perry: $90,000
• Irene Aldana: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Ketlen Vieira: $33,000
• Omari Akhmedov: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus) def. Ian Heinisch: $25,000
• Matt Brown: $160,000 (includes $80,000 win bonus) def. Ben Saunders: $35,000
• Chase Hooper: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Daniel Teymur: $18,000
• Brandon Moreno: $62,000 (includes $31,000 win bonus) def. Kai Kara-France: $25,000
• Jessica Eye: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. Viviane Araujo: $45,000
• Puna Soriano: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Oskar Piechota: $20,000

What do you make of the UFC 245 salaries?

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The UFC 245 medical suspensions are in after this past weekend’s (Sat. December 14, 2019) pay-per-view (PPV) event from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

After their five-round war, which ended with a fifth-round TKO win for the champion, Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington have received lengthy sits. Usman is dealing with a left thumb injury, while Covington needs to have his broken jaw cleared by an oral or maxillofacial surgeon

Check out the full UFC 245 medical suspensions below. (via MMA Junkie)

UFC 245 Medical Suspensions

• Puna Soriano: No suspension
• Oskar Piechota: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days
• Jessica Eye: Suspended 60 days or until eye injury is cleared by physician; no contact for 21 days due to cut on left cheek
• Viviane Araujo: Suspended 180 days or until x-ray/MRI of right hand and x-ray of right foot and left tibia/fibia are cleared by physician; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Brandon Moreno: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Kai Kara-France: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Chase Hooper: No suspension
• Daniel Teymur: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Matt Brown: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to cut on left eyebrow
• Ben Saunders: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days
• Omari Akhmedov: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Ian Henisch: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Irene Aldana: No Suspension
• Ketlen Viera: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days
• Geoff Neal: Suspended for 180 days or until x-ray of left ribs is cleared by physician; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Mike Perry: Suspended 180 days or until nasal x-ray is cleared by physician; also suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days
• Petr Yan: Suspended 180 days or until x-ray of right foot is cleared by an orthopedic physician; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Urijah Faber: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days
• Marlon Moraes: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 21 days due to cut on left eyelid
• Jose Aldo/autotag]: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days [autotag]Amanda Nunes: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Germaine de Randamie: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Alexander Volkanovski: Suspended 180 days or until x-ray of right hand is cleared by orthopedic physician; also suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Max Holloway: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to leg pain
• Kamaru Usman: Suspended 180 days or until x-ray of left thumb is cleared by physician; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Colby Covington: Suspended 180 days or until nondisplaced midline mandibular fracture is cleared by oral and maxillofacial surgeon; also suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days

What do you think about the UFC 245 medical suspensions?

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