Main event participants [autotag]Alistair Overeem[/autotag] and [autotag]Walt Harris[/autotag] were among the top earners on Saturday at UFC on ESPN 8.
Monday, MMA Junkie obtained a list of disclosed UFC on ESPN 8 salaries from the Florida State Boxing Commission, who oversaw Saturday night’s event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.
Overeem (46-18 MMA, 11-7 UFC) produced a comeback victory in the headliner, rallying to stop Harris (13-8 MMA, 6-7 UFC) with a second-round TKO. “The Reem” was the highest earner on the card, netting $400,000 in disclosed pay.
Check out a full list of the UFC on ESPN 8 salaries below:
- Alistair Overeem: $400,000
def. Walt Harris: $75,000 - [autotag]Claudia Gadelha[/autotag]: $108,000
def. [autotag]Angela Hill[/autotag]: $54,000 - [autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag]: $100,000
def. [autotag]Edson Barboza[/autotag]: $79,000 - [autotag]Krzysztof Jotko[/autotag]: $108,000
def. [autotag]Eryk Anders[/autotag]: $61,000 - [autotag]Song Yadong[/autotag]: $96,000
def. [autotag]Marlon Vera[/autotag]: $65,000 - [autotag]Miguel Baeza[/autotag]: $24,000
def. [autotag]Matt Brown[/autotag]: $85,000 - [autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag]: $52,000
def. [autotag]Anthony Hernandez[/autotag]: $12,000 - [autotag]Giga Chikadze[/autotag]: $28,000
def. [autotag]Irwin Rivera[/autotag]: $14,000 - [autotag]Nate Landwehr[/autotag]: $26,000
def. [autotag]Darren Elkins[/autotag]: $62,000 - [autotag]Cortney Casey[/autotag]: $100,000
def. [autotag]Mara Romero Borella[/autotag]: $20,000 - [autotag]Rodrigo Nascimento[/autotag]: $20,000
def. [autotag]Don’Tale Mayes[/autotag]: $10,000
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 on ESPN 8 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 249 fight-night bonuses to Baeza and Casey for “Performance of the Night,” and Yadong and Vera 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.
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