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.
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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