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.
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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
