Prize money and wages for UFC 281 events: How much do fighters who play in the main event make?
The highly anticipated UFC 281 event showed us the amazing performances and huge disruption of the fighters.
Let's take a look at how much money each fighter makes from this Madison Square Garden performance.
Newly crowned UFC 185-pound champion Alex Pereira received $932,000 from base salary, best performance of the night, PPV share.
In this match, Carla Esparza reportedly earned $542,000, including a PPV cut.
Our biggest concern is that Zhang Weili, who is also re-crowned UFC women's strawweight champion, made a total of $667,000, including the best performance of the night.
"The Diamond" Dustin Poirier won the best performance award of the night, earning $1.01 million on the day, while his opponent, Michael Chandler, earned $760,000.
Former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya "Black Dragon" reportedly earned about $1.79 million from his base salary, PPV share.
UFC legend Frankie Edgar earned a total of $295,000 in this retirement fight, while his opponent Chris Gutierrez earned $155,000.
Fan-favorite Dan Hooker received a total prize pool of $325,000, while his rival, Claudio Puelles, received $41,000.
- The remuneration for the preliminary and secondary rounds is as follows:
- Brad Riddell: $45,000
- Renato Moicano: $220,000
- Dominick Reyes: $245,000
- Ryan Spann: $140,000
- Molly McCann – $85,000
- Erin Blanchfield – $49,000
- Andre Petroski: $45,000
- Wellington Turman: $41,000
- Matt Frevola: $77,000
- Ottman Azaitar: $25,000
- Karolina Kowalkiewicz - $110,000
- Silvana Gomez Juarez - $25,000
- Michael Trizano: $39,800
- Choi Seung-woo – $40,800
- Julio Arce: $31,000
- Montel Jackson – $65,000
- Carlos Ulberg – $49,000
- Nicolae Negumereanu: $35,000