UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Abdurakhimov Fighter Salaries, Reebok $, Attendance & Gate

Gian Villante won a wild brawl with newcomer Saparbek Safarov in his native New York state on Friday night, and was the top earner at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Abdurakhimov.

Before we go any further, we should note that the New York State Athletic 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: 6,216
Gate: $411,000

Gian Villante: $132,000 ($36,000 to show, $36,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Francis Ngannou: $124,500 ($36,000 to show, $36,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Derrick Lewis: $79,000 ($37,000 to show, $37,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Gerald Meerschaert: $72,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

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

Corey Anderson: $53,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Andrew Sanchez: $40,500 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Trevor Smith: $35,000 ($25,000 to show, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Randy Brown: $30,500 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Juliana Lima: $30,500 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

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

Justine Kish: $24,100 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $2,400 fine for missing weight, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Anthony Hamilton: $23,000 ($18,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Sean O’Connell: $23,000 ($18,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

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

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

Shamil Abdurakhimov: $18,500 ($16,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Ashley Yoder: $16,900 ($12,000 to show, $2,400 from Kish for missing weight, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Tiago Trator: $14,500 ($12,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Frankie Perez: $14,500 ($12,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Brian Camozzi: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Joe Gigliotti: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Keith Berish: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

JJ Aldrich: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)