And still UFC Light Heavyweight Champion (and top earner at UFC 182)…. JON JONES! Bones Jones vanquished his top rival, Daniel Cormier, in the main event at UFC 182 in Las Vegas on Saturday night, and in the process made a cool half a million dollars to show, plus another $50,000 for earning the event’s Fight of the Night bonus. Three other fighters’ pay checks – Daniel Cormier, Donald Cerrone, and Hector Lombard – topped six figures for the evening also.
Here is UFC 182’s fighter pay info, straight from the Nevada Athletic Commission.
UFC 182 Fighter Pay, Attendance & Gate
Attendance: 11,575
Gate: $3,700,000
Jon Jones: $550,000 ($500,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Daniel Cormier: $140,000 ($90,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Donald Cerrone: $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 win bonus)
Hector Lombard: $106,000 ($53,000 to show, $53,000 win bonus)
Shawn Jordan: $94,000 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Paul Felder: $70,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Evan Dunham: $54,000 ($27,000 to show, $27,000 win bonus)
Brad Tavares: $50,000 ($25,000 to show, $25,000 win bonus)
Nate Marquardt: $49,000
Josh Burkman: $45,000
Kyoji Horiguchi: $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus)
Danny Castillo: $36,000
Omari Akhmedov: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Marion Reneau: $17,600 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $1,600 from Dufresne for missing weight)
Cody Garbrandt: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Myles Jury: $16,000
Marcus Brimage: $12,000
Rodrigo Damm: $12,000
Louis Gaudinot: $10,000
Jared Connonier: $8,000
Mats Nilsson: $8,000
Alexis Dufresne: $6,400 ($8,000 to show, $1,600 fine for missing weight)
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