UFC 248 Fighter Salaries, Incentive Pay, Attendance & Gate

The match might not have lived up to expectations, but Israel Adesanya was still the top earner at UFC 248.

Here are the fighter payouts, released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Attendance:   15,077
Gate:   $2,742,906.20

(click on fighter’s name for career earnings)

Israel Adesanya:   $540,000 ($500,000 to show, $40,000 fight week incentive pay)

Yoel Romero:   $380,000 ($350,000 to show, $30,000 fight week incentive pay)

Zhang Weili:   $290,000 ($100,000 to show, $100,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $40,000 fight week incentive pay)

Beneil Dariush:   $205,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $15,000 fight week incentive pay)

Joanna Jedrzejczyk:   $186,000 ($106,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $30,000 fight week incentive pay)

Neil Magny:   $172,000 ($76,000 to show, $76,000 win bonus, $20,000 fight week incentive pay)

Alex Oliveira:   $143,000 ($64,000 to show, $64,000 win bonus, $15,000 fight week incentive pay)

Sean O’Malley:   $123,500 ($35,000 to show, $35,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Li Jingliang:   $74,000 ($64,000 to show, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

Mark Madsen:   $69,500 ($33,000 to show, $33,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Gerald Meerschaert:   $65,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Drakkar Klose:   $45,000 ($40,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Max Griffin:   $40,000 ($35,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Jose Alberto Quinonez:   $38,000 ($33,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Rodolfo Vieira:   $31,500 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Giga Chikadze:   $27,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Saparbek Safarov:   $26,000 ($22,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay)

Danaa Batgerel:   $23,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Guido Cannetti:   $19,000 ($14,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Austin Hubbard:   $15,500 ($12,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Deron Winn:   $13,700 ($12,000 to show, $1,800 fine for failing drug test, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Jamall Emmers:   $13,500 ($10,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)