(Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sport)
Chris Weidman left Vegas last night still in possession of the UFC’s middleweight belt, and also earned a cool half a mili.
Here are the paydays for UFC 175 participants, as first reported by MMA Junkie. Matt Mitrione and Stefan Struve also were paid their show and win payments despite not fighting last night – once their pay info is released we’ll update this article.
Attendance: 10,088
Gate: $4,200,000
Chris Weidman: $500,000 ($225,000 to show, $225,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Lyoto Machida: $250,000 ($200,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus)
Ronda Rousey: $170,000 ($60,000 to show, $60,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Uriah Faber: $120,000 ($60,000 to show, $60,000 win bonus)
Stefan Struve: $80,000 ($40,000 to show, $40,000 win bonus)
Rob Font: $66,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Matt Mitrione: $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus)
Kenny Robertson: $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus)
Alexis Davis: $24,000
Chris Camozzi: $23,000
Uriah Hall: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
George Roop: $20,000
Alex Caceres: $19,000
Russell Doane: $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 win bonus)
Bruno Santos: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Luke Zachrich: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Kevin Casey: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Ildemar Alcantara: $16,000
Thiago Santos: $10,000
Marcus Brimage: $10,000
Guilherme Vasconcelos: $8,000
Bubba Bush: $8,000
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