Jon Jones, who pocketed a flat rate of $500,000, earned the largest disclosed payout at this past Saturday’s UFC 197 event.
Jones (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC), who didn’t get a win bonus, defeated late replacement Ovince Saint Preux (19-8 MMA, 7-3 UFC) to claim an interim light-heavyweight title in the pay-per-view headliner at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The next top earner, flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson (24-2-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC), earned $195,000 ($60,000 of which was a win bonus) for his quick first-round victory. His opponent, Henry Cejudo (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), got $60,000.
MMAjunkie recently requested and today obtained the list of disclosed paydays from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
The total disclosed payroll for the event was $1,470,000.
The full UFC 197 payouts included:
Jon Jones: $500,000 (no win bonus)
def. Ovince Saint Preux: $55,000
Demetrious Johnson: $195,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)
def. Henry Cejudo: $60,000
Edson Barboza: $88,000 (includes $44,000 win bonus)
def. Anthony Pettis: $80,000
Robert Whittaker: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Rafael Natal: $41,000
Yair Rodriguez: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
def. Andre Fili: $18,000
Sergio Pettis: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Chris Kelades: $12,000
Danny Roberts: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Dominique Steele: $12,000
Carla Esparza: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Juliana Lima: $14,000
James Vick: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Glaico Franca: $17,000
Walt Harris: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Cody East: $10,000
Marcos Rogerio de Lima: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Clint Hester: $12,000
Kevin Lee: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Efrain Escudero: $18,000
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, including the official UFC Athlete Outfitting sponsorship program pay. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC 197 fight-night bonuses to Rodriguez and Johnson (“Performance of the Night”) and Roberts and Steele (“Fight of the Night”).
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
For more on UFC 197, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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