UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs Velasquez Fighter Salaries, Incentive Pay, Attendance & Gate

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UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs Velasquez Fighter Salaries, Incentive Pay, Attendance & Gate

Cain Velasquez’s body may have betrayed him again last night, but at least he got a good paycheck

Here are the official fighter purses, released by the Arizona Department of Gaming and first reported by MMA Fighting.

 

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Attendance:  14,269
Gate:   $1,400,00

 

Cain Velasquez:   $460,000 ($450,000 to show, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

Francis Ngannou:   $225,000 ($110,000 to show, $110,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Aljamain Sterling:   $150,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 win bonus, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

Vicente Luque:   $137,000 ($41,000 to show, $41,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Nik Lentz:   $126,000 ($53,000 to show, $53,000 win bonus, $20,000 fight week incentive pay)

Kron Gracie:   $105,500 ($27,000 to show, $25,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Luke Sanders:   $103,600 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 win bonus, $10,600 from Barao for missing weight, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Paul Felder:   $102,000 ($46,000 to show, $46,000 win bonus, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

Cynthia Calvillo:   $93,000 ($44,000 to show, $44,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Bryan Barberena:   $90,000 ($35,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Andre Fili:   $84,000 ($37,000 to show, $37,000 win bonus, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

James Vick:   $75,000 ($65,000 to show, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

Jimmie Rivera:   $73,000 ($68,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Alex Caceres:   $70,000 ($55,000 to show, $15,000 fight week incentive pay)

Renan Barao:   $57,400 ($53,000 to show, $10,600 fine for missing weight, $15,000 fight week incentive pay)

Cortney Casey:   $55,000 ($50,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Myles Jury:   $46,000 ($36,000 to show, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

Scott Holtzman:   $38,000 ($33,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Ashlee Evans-Smith:   $35,000 ($30,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

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

Manny Bermudez:   $28,700 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $4,200 fine for missing weight, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

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

Benito Lopez:   $19,700 ($12,000 to show, $4,200 from Bermudez for missing weight, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

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

 

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