UFC 187 Fighter Salaries, Attendance & Gate

(Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sport)

 
UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman crushed Vitor Belfort at last Saturday’s UFC 187, and also crushed it at the bank.  He was the event’s top earner.

Here is the fighter payout info for UFC 187, released by the Nevada Athletic Commission.

Attendance: 12,615
Gate: $5,189,167

Chris Weidman: $550,000 ($250,000 to show, $250,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)

Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson: $500,000

Vitor Belfort: $300,000

Daniel Cormier: $230,000 ($90,000 to show, $90,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)

Donald Cerrone: $152,000 ($76,000 to show, $76,000 win bonus)

Andrei Arlovski: $134,000 ($42,000 to show, $42,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Dong Hyun Kim: $116,000 ($58,000 to show, $58,000 win bonus)

Travis Browne: $110,000 ($60,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Joseph Benavidez: $106,000 ($53,000 to show, $53,000 win bonus)

Rafael Natal: $70,000 ($35,000 to show, $35,000 win bonus)

Rose Namajunas: $52,000 ($25,000 to show, $25,000 win bonus, $2,000 from Ansaroff for missing weight) – UFC paid her despite fight being cancelled

Mike Pyle: $51,000

Josh Burkman: $45,000

John Dodson: $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus)

Justin Scoggins: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)

John Makdessi: $30,000

John Moraga: $28,000

Colby Covington: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)

Islam Makhachev: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus

Zach Makovsky: $19,000

Uriah Hall: $14,000

Josh Sampo: $13,000

Leo Kuntz: $10,000

Nina Ansaroff: $8,000 ($10,000 to show, $2,000 fine for missing weight) – UFC paid her despite fight being cancelled