{"id":1135263,"date":"2020-07-12T09:16:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T14:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1135263"},"modified":"2021-10-29T23:32:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T03:32:37","slug":"ufc-251-fighter-salaries-incentive-pay-fox11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/ufc-251-fighter-salaries-incentive-pay-fox11\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 251 Fighter Salaries & Incentive Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It may not have been pretty, but Kamaru Usman is still the UFC Welterweight Champion, and is the top earner at UFC 251.<\/p>\n
Before we go any further, we should note that most\u00a0international<\/strong>\u00a0 athletic\u00a0 commissions don\u2019t release fighter pay info, so none of the following salary data for the event is official. \u00a0<\/strong>However, you can get a fairly accurate picture of a fighter\u2019s pay based on official purse info released from past fights.\u00a0 So, based on that info, here is the estimated pay breakdown for the 22 fighters that traded blows at the event. \u00a0But please remember \u2013 this is only an estimate, not official info.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (click on fighter’s name for career earnings)<\/strong><\/p>\n Kamaru Usman<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0 \u00a0$640,000 ($600,000 to show, $40,000 fight week incentive pay)<\/p>\n Jorge Masvidal<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0 \u00a0$530,000 ($500,000 to show, $30,000 fight week incentive pay)<\/p>\n Jose Aldo<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0 \u00a0$430,000 ($400,000 to show, $30,000 fight week incentive pay)<\/p>\n Alexander Volkanovski<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0 \u00a0$390,000 ($350,000 to show, $40,000 fight week incentive pay)<\/p>\n Max Holloway<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0 \u00a0$280,000 ($250,000 to show, $30,000 fight week incentive pay)<\/p>\n Petr Yan<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0 \u00a0$230,000 ($100,000 to show, $100,000 to show, $30,000 fight week incentive pay)<\/p>\n Rose Namajunas<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0 \u00a0$160,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)<\/p>\n Marcin Tybura<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0$160,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)<\/p>\n Jiri Prochazka<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0$153,500 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)<\/p>\n Jessica Andrade<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0 \u00a0$125,000 ($60,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $15,000 fight week incentive pay)<\/p>\n