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Ilia Topuria: $350,000UFC 298 Salaries: Alexander Volkanovski ($750K), Robert Whittaker ($400K) Top Payroll
Alexander Volkanovski may have lost his featherweight title on Saturday night, but he was nonetheless compensated quite nicely for his efforts.www.sherdog.com
Alexander Volkanovski: $750,000
Robert Whittaker: $400,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
Paulo Costa: $250,000
Ian Garry: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus)
Geoff Neal: $108,000
Merab Dvalishvili: $210,000 (includes $105,000 win bonus)
Henry Cejudo: $150,000
Anthony Hernandez: $122,000 ( includes $66,000 win bonus)
Roman Kopylov: $80,000
Amanda Lemos: $160,000 ( includes $80,000 win bonus)
Mackenzie Dern: $200,000
Marcos Rogerio de Lima: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
Junior Tafa: $23,000
Rinya Nakamura: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
Carlos Vera: $12,000
Mingyang Zhang: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Brendson Ribeiro: $10,000
Danny Barlow: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Josh Quinlan: $12,000
Oban Elliott: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Valentine Woodburn: $15,000
Miranda Maverick: $150,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
Andrea Lee: $70,000
I have always been critic of fighter pay, but it seems last nights payout was noticeable more than in the past. Miranda Maverick made 150k and she was the first fight of the card. Andrea Lee did 70k. MACKENZIE DERN GOT PAID 200k. Every woman except Lee made over 6 figures. Whittaker made 400k and Paulo 250k for a mediocre fight. Volk got 750k but probably got PPV too and definitely made over a million to get KTFO'd. Ilia did 350k. Marcos De Lima did 200k and he is a middle level fighter.
Pretty decent money. Maybe the UFC realized that if they bumped the pay a little they would get less criticism.