UFC 219 purses range from 12K to 500K
Purses at UFC 219 ranged from a low of $12,000 for one fighter to a high of $500,000 for #QndStill featherweight champion Cris Cyborg.
UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm was held on December 30, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. These are the official purses, as reported by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Cris Cyborg: $500,000 (no win bonus)
defeated Holly Holm: $300,000 to show
Khabib Nurmagomedov: $160,000 (includes $80,000 win bonus)
defeated Edson Barboza: $75,000 to show
Dan Hooker: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
defeated Marc Diakiese: $24,000 to show
Carla Esparza: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)
defeated Cynthia Calvillo: $41,000 to show
Neil Magny: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
defeated Carlos Condit: $115,000 to show
Michal Oleksiejczuk: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
defeated Khalil Rountree: $19,000 to show
Myles Jury: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
defeated Rick Glenn: $22,000 to show
Omari Akhmedov: $29,000 (majority draw)
draw vs. Marvin Vettori: $32,000 (majority draw)
Matheus Nicolau: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
defeated Louis Smolka: $32,000 to show
Tim Elliott: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus)
defeated Mark De La Rosa: $12,000 to show
Total: $1,795,000
Numbers courtesy of MMAjunkie.
The above figures are the fighter payout information that promoters are required by Nevada regulations to submit to the state athletic commission; 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 $40,000 for wearing Reebok apparel in the Octagon, and for the week before it. Some fighters receive discretionary “Locker Room” bonuses in the mail. Although it is not usual, in some cases there is an LOA [Letter of Agreement] on the contract for additional income. 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. 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. And lastly, many fighters earn income from teaching, from appearances, and in many cases from regular employment in the non-fighting space.
