UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs Lineker Fighter Salaries, Reebok $, Attendance & Gate

It wasn’t easy, but Tony Ferguson got by game newcomer Lando Vannata on Wednesday and in the process was the top earner at UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs Lineker.

Before we go any further, we should note that the South Dakota fighter commission doesn’t release fighter pay info, so none of the following salary data for the event is official.  However, you can get a fairly accurate picture of a fighter’s pay based on official purse info released from past fights.  So, based on that info, here is the estimated pay breakdown for the 24 fighters that traded blows at the event. But please remember – this is only an estimate, not official info, especially for any fighters that made their UFC debuts at the event.

Attendance: 5,671
Gate: $381,945

Tony Ferguson: $164,000 ($52,000 to show, $52,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)

John Lineker: $120,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Tim Boetsch: $119,000 ($52,000 to show, $52,000 win bonus, $15,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Rani Yahya: $73,000 ($29,000 to show, $29,000 win bonus, $15,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Lando Vannata: $62,500 ($10,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Louis Smolka: $43,000 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Kyle Noke: $36,000 ($26,000 to show, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Daniel Omielanczuk: $33,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Sam Alvey: $29,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Keita Nakamura: $29,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Michael McDonald: $27,000 ($22,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Scott Holtzman: $26,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Oleksiy Oliynyk: $26,500 ($24,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Katlyn Chookagian: $22,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Cortney Casey: $22,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Alex Nicholson: $22,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Ben Nguyen: $16,500 ($14,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Cody Pfister: $14,500 ($12,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Lauren Murphy: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Josh Samman: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Eric Spicely: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Cristina Stanciu: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Matthew Lopez: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Devin Clark: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)