We knew the huge UFC 200 card would carry with it some huge payouts, but we didn’t know quite how big until now.
Brock Lesnar took home the biggest pay-packet in Las Vegas, earning a record $2.5m (with no win bonus) after seeing off Mark Hunt in his first UFC bout since 2011.
Hunt took home $700,000, more than anyone else on the card, while four other fighters earned half a million or more as the total overall payouts approached $7m.
Jose Aldo and Daniel Cormier each made $500,000 after beating Frankie Edgar and Anderson Silva respectively, with Miesha Tate making the same amount despite her defeat to Amanda Nunes, while Silva earned $600,000 after stepping in for Jon Jones just days before the bout.
MMAJunkie has published the full list of payouts, provided to them by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which as always do not include pay-per-view cuts, sponsor payouts or other discretionary bonuses.
Four fighters earned $50,000 ‘Performance of the Night’ bonuses: new women’s bantamweight champion Nunes, plus Cain Velazquez, Gegard Mousasi and Joe Lauzon.
Here is the list in full:
Amanda Nunes: $100,000 (no win bonus)
def. Miesha Tate: $500,000
Brock Lesnar: $2,500,000 (no win bonus)
def. Mark Hunt: $700,000
Daniel Cormier: $500,000 (no win bonus)
def. Anderson Silva: $600,000
Jose Aldo: $500,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
def. Frankie Edgar: $190,000
Cain Velasquez: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Travis Browne: $120,000
Julianna Pena: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus)
def. Cat Zingano: $35,000
Kelvin Gastelum: $86,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus and $20,000 from Hendricks’ purse)
def. Johny Hendricks: $80,000 (Hendricks forfeited 20 percent of his original $100,000 show money to Gastelum for missing weight)
T.J. Dillashaw: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
def. Raphael Assuncao: $42,000
Sage Northcutt: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
def. Enrique Marin: $13,000
Joe Lauzon: $108,000 (includes $54,000 win bonus)
def. Diego Sanchez: $80,000
Gegard Mousasi: $110,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)
def. Thiago “Marreta” Santos: $28,000
Jim Miller: $118,000 (includes $59,000 win bonus)
def. Takanori Gomi: $55,000
