Ufc 168 Payouts
Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya was the highest earner at UFC 248, taking home more than twice as much disclosed pay as the card’s other defending champ.
This was 511th event in Ultimate Fighting Championship history, including pay-per-views, UFC Fight Nights, and TUF finales. The pay-per-view card streamed on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN+. In this post, we’ll go in detail on UFC Fight Night 169 payouts, fighter bonuses and event facts, including the attendance, total gate and PPV buys.
Adesanya (19-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) made $500,000 with no win bonus for his main event title defense against challenger Yoel Romero (13-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Romero made $350,000 in defeat.
The co-main event take place between ex-UFC middleweight champion (Robert Whittaker) and Jared Cannonier. There are some changes made to the card some fights remove due to covid-19 positive test and illness issues. UFC 254 salaries purse payouts based on fighters current on-going contract deal with UFC promotions. In the above table the details of UFC 253 salaries and fighters payouts based on their previous earnings. The sponsorship money increased for the main-card fighters. Recently a mma news sources reported that Israel Adesanya will earn ($600k) 10% more money compare to his previous fight. His opponent Costa, will make ($400k) guaranteed money. He received $108,000 which include $48,000 guaranteed money and $48,000 winning bonus and $10,000 paid him from sponsorship. No information regarding to increase in the purse of his upcoming fight. But his salary for UFC fight night 168 updated after.
The other defending champion on the card, Zhang Weili (21-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) netted $200,000 for beating Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC), who got $106,000 in the memorable title contest.
The total disclosed payroll for the event was $2.086 million.
Complete disclosed salaries for UFC 248:
Israel Adesanya: $500,000 (no win bonus)def. Yoel Romero: $350,000Zhang Weili: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk: $106,000Beneil Dariush: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
def. Drakkar Klose: $40,000Neil Magny: $152,000 (includes $76,000 win bonus)
def. Li Jingliang: $64,000Alex Oliveira: $128,000 (includes $64,000 win bonus)
def. Max Griffin: $35,000Sean O'Malley: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)
def. Jose Quinonez: $33,000Mark Madsen: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
def. Austin Hubbard: $12,000Rodolfo Vieira: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Saparbek Safarov: $22,000Gerald Meerschaert: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Deron Winn: $12,000Giga Chikadze: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Jamall Emmers: $10,000Danaa Batgerel: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Guido Cannetti: $14,000
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 248 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC sometimes pays. They also do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC 248 fight-night bonuses to Dariush and O’Malley for “Performance of the Night,” and Weili and Jedrzejczyk for “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.
The year’s biggest fight card has a few big potential payouts.
Former UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva (33-5 MMA, 16-1 UFC), who tonight attempts to retake his belt from current titleholder Chris Weidman (10-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), stands to make $800,000 at UFC 168.
Weidman, on the other hand, will make $400,000 if he retains his belt in the pay-per-view event’s headliner, which takes place tonight at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.
MMAjunkie obtained the “show” and “win” salaries for UFC 168’s top three fights from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which regulates the event.
The card’s other championship fight, which sees UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) rematch rival Miesha Tate (13-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC), is far less of a salary drag. Rousey stands to make $100,000, while Tate could get $56,000.
A complete list of payouts will be released following the event. As always, the figures do not reflect deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. They also do not include special discretionary bonuses or pay-per-view revenue sharing.
UFC officials say tonight’s card will top $6 million in live gate revenue, and it is expected to do big business in pay-per-view “buys.”
Ufc 168 Payouts Odds
The initial list of payouts include:
Ufc 168 Payouts Online
Chris Weidman: $200,000 (plus a potential win bonus of $200,000)vs. Anderson Silva: $600,000 (plus a potential win bonus of $200,000)Ronda Rousey: $50,000 (plus a potential win bonus of $50,000)
vs. Miesha Tate: $28,000 (plus a potential win bonus of $28,000)Josh Barnett: $170,000 (no win bonus)vs. Travis Browne: $28,000 (plus a potential win bonus of $28,000)
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Ufc 168 Payouts Chart
(Pictured: Anderson Silva)