Cowboy Cerrone rode off into the sunset with the biggest payday at Sunday’s UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Oliveira event in Pittsburgh.
Before we go any further, we should note that the Pennsylvania fight 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 (and from future fights – we go back and update these numbers as more info becomes available). So, based on that info, here is the estimated pay breakdown for the 26 fighters that traded blows at the event (but please remember – this is only an estimate, not official info).
Attendance: 7,330
Gate: $572,547
Donald Cerrone: $228,000 ($79,000 to show, $79,000 to win, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $20,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Chris Camozzi: $128,000 ($34,000 to show, $34,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Lauren Murphy: $68,500 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Derek Brunson: $72,000 ($31,000 to show, $31,000 win bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Kelly Faszholz: $62,500 ($10,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Dennis Bermudez: $62,000 ($26,000 to show, $26,000 win bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Sean Strickland: $42,500 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
James Krause: $39,000 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Tatsuya Kawajiri: $38,000 ($33,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Cody Garbrandt: $28,100 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $1,600 from Mendes for missing weight, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Joe Riggs: $28,000 ($18,000 to show, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Shamil Abdurakhimov: $26,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Anthony Smith: $25,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Nathan Coy: $25,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Oluwale Bamgbose: $22,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Ashlee Evans-Smith: $22,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Alex Oliveira: $22,500 ($20,0000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Alex Garcia: $20,500 ($18,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Roan Carneiro: $19,000 ($14,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Anthony Hamilton: $18,500 ($16,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Shane Campbell: $17,500 ($15,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Daniel Sarafian: $17,000 ($12,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Leonardo Augusto Guimarães: $15,000 ($10,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Marion Reneau: $14,500 ($12,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Jonavin Webb: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Augusto Mendes: $10,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,000 fine for missing weight, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
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