Michael Johnson Career Earnings

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BOSTON, MA – AUGUST 17: Michael Johnson celebrates following his win against Joe Lauzon in their middleweight bout at TD Garden on August 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

Michael Johnson Career Earnings

UFC fights only, *denotes an estimated purse

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TUF: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale – Dec 4/10 – L (Brookins) – $8,000

UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry – Jun 26/11 – W (Faaloloto) – $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)*

UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson – Oct 1/11 – L (Sass) – $10,000*

UFC on Fox: Evans vs Davis – Jan 28/12 – W (Roller) – $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)*

UFC on Fox: Diaz vs Miller – May 5/12 – W (Ferguson) – $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)*

UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot – Oct 5/12 – W (Castillo) – $68,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $40,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

UFC 155 – Dec 29/12 – L (Jury) – $14,000

UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs Latifi – Apr 6/13 – L (Madadi) – $14,000*

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen – Aug 17/13 – W (Lauzon) – $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 win bonus)

UFC 168 – Dec 28/13 – W (Tibau) – $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 win bonus)

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa – Mar 8/14 – W (Guillard) – $44,000 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 win bonus)*

UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir – Feb 22/15 – W (Barboza) – $52,000 ($26,000 to show, $26,000 win bonus)*

UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux – Aug 8/15 – L (Dariush) – $40,000 ($30,000 to show, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)*

UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs Cerrone 2 – Dec 19/15 – L (Diaz) – $90,000 ($30,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs Johnson – Sep 17/16 – W (Poirier) – $120,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)*

UFC 205 – Nov 12/16 – L (Nurmagomedov) – $62,000 ($47,000 to show, $15,000 Reebok sponsorship)*

TUF 25 Finale – Jul 7/17 – L (Gaethje) – $62,000 ($47,000 to show, $15,000 Reebok sponsorship)

UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs Choi – Jan 14/18 – L (Elkins) – $62,000 ($47,000 to show, $15,000 Reebok sponsorship)*

UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs Vick – Aug 25/18 – W (Fili) – $109,000 ($47,000 to show, $47,000 win bonus, $15,000 fight week incentive pay)*

UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs Smith – Oct 27/18 – W (Lobov) – $113,000 ($49,000 to show, $49,000 win bonus, $15,000 fight week incentive pay) *fined 20% of purse for missing weight but Lobov refused to take it

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Gaethje – Mar 30/19 – L (Emmett) – $71,000 ($51,000 to show, $20,000 fight week incentive pay)*

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Askren – Oct 26/19 – L (Ray) – $71,000 ($51,000 to show, $20,000 fight week incentive pay)*

UFC Fight Night: Smith vs Teixeira – May 13/20 – L (Moises) – $103,000 ($83,000 to show, $20,000 fight week incentive pay)

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Volkov – Feb 6/21 – L (Guida) – $103,000($83,000 to show, $20,000 fight week incentive pay)*

 

Total Career Earnings: $1,348,000

 

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