Today the Nevada State Athletic Commission released the full salary information for this past weekend’s UFC 197 which took place in Las Vegas:
Jon Jones: $500,000 (no win bonus)
defeated Ovince Saint Preux: $55,000
Demetrious Johnson: $195,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)
defeated Henry Cejudo: $60,000
Edson Barboza: $88,000 (includes $44,000 win bonus)
defeated Anthony Pettis: $80,000
Robert Whittaker: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
defeated Rafael Natal: $41,000
Yair Rodriguez: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
defeated Andre Fili: $18,000
Sergio Pettis: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
defeated Chris Kelades: $12,000
Danny Roberts: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
defeated Dominique Steele: $12,000
Carla Esparza: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
defeated Juliana Lima: $14,000
James Vick: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
defeated Glaico Franca: $17,000
Walt Harris: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
defeated Cody East: $10,000
Marcos Rogerio de Lima: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
defeated Clint Hester: $12,000
Kevin Lee: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
defeated Efrain Escudero: $18,000
source: mmajunkie.com
The total disclosed payroll for the event was $1,470,000.
The above figures are the fighter salary information that promoters are required by law to submit to the state athletic commissions, including the winners’ bonuses.
The figures 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, sponsorship money is earned by each fighter from Reebok, the UFC’s exclusive apparel brand. As well there are explicit ‘of the Night’ performance bonuses, and less formal ‘locker room’ bonuses.
Main event PPV fighters can receive a percentage of the PPV gross, variously determined.
