UFC 207 purses: Rousey makes 64% of total

MMAjunkie obtained the figures for contracted show/win purses at UFC 207. It totaled $4,683,000 with former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey’s guaranteed $3,000,000 making up 64 percent of the total disclosed payouts.

Champ Amanda Nunes: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
def. Ronda Rousey: $3 million

Champ Cody Garbrandt: $200,000
beat Dominick Cruz: $350,000

T.J. Dillashaw: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
beat John Lineker: $43,000

Dong Hyun Kim: $134,000 (includes $67,000 win bonus)
beat Tarec Saffiedine: $40,000

Ray Borg: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
beat Louis Smolka: $32,000

Neil Magny: $94,000 (includes $47,000 win bonus)
beat Johny Hendricks: $100,000

Antonio Carlos Junior: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
beat Marvin Vettori: $12,000

Alex Garcia: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
beat Mike Pyle: $55,000

Niko Price: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
beat Brandon Thatch: $22,000

Tim Means: $35,000 (no win bonus since fight ended in a no-contest)
beat Alex Oliveira: $28,000 (no win bonus since fight ended in a no-contest)

The above figures are the fighter payout information that promoters are required by Nevada State law to submit to the state athletic commissions; they do not represent a full accounting of each fighter’s income.

Fighters bear significant costs including training expenses, a percentage to management, a percentage to the trainer, plus insurance, licenses, and taxes.

On the income side, fighters earned sponsorship of between $2,500 and $50,000 for wearing Reebok apparel in the Octagon, and for the week before it. Some fighters receive discretionary “Locker Room” bonuses in the mail. Out-of-event sponsorship money too can be a significant, although it is much, much smaller for many fighters than it was in the past. In addition, four $50,000 ‘of the Night’ Performance Bonuses, are awarded. Further, main event PPV fighters receive a percentage of the PPV gross, as contracted, generally at a rate that escalates with increased PPV buys. And lastly, many fighters earn income from teaching, from appearances, and in many cases from regular employment in the non-fighting space.