Complete UFC 209 purses
For UFC 209 Nurmagomedov got a flat fee of $500,000 to show, regardless of whether he won or lost.
MMAFighting and MMAjunkie obtained the UFC 209 contracted win and show purses.
The most interesting figures are the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson co-main event that was scrapped when The Eagle was hospitalized during the final hours of his weight cut. For his last fight for which the contracted amounts were made public, UFC on FOX 19 on April 2016, Nurmagomedov made $24,000 to show and another $24,000. His next fight at UFC 205 took place in New York where purses are not made public. For UFC 209 Nurmagomedov got a flat fee of $500,000 to show, regardless of whether he won or lost. Ferguson would have made $250,000 and $250,000 to win.
Champion Tyron Woodley: $500,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
beat Stephen Thompson: $380,000
David Teymur: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
beat Lando Vannata: $25,000
Daniel Kelly: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
beat Rashad Evans: $150,000
Cynthia Calvillo: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
beat Amanda Cooper: $17,000
Alistair Overeem: $750,000 (no win bonus)
beat Mark Hunt: $750,000 (there would have been no win bonus)
Marcin Tybura: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)
beat Luis Henrique: $16,000
Darren Elkins: $92,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus)
beat Mirsad Bektic: $21,000
Iuri Alcantara: $68,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
beat Luke Sanders: $12,000
Mark Godbeer: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
beat Daniel Spitz: $12,000
Tyson Pedro: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
beat Paul Craig: $12,00O
Albert Morales: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
beat Andre Soukhamthath: $10,000
These figures do not factor in pay-per-view shares or other discretionary bonuses.
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.