UFC 197 salaries: Jones leads the way

[Wild]

A complete list of the UFC 197 salaries can be seen below. As always, these figures do not represent a fighter's total earnings, as certain sponsorship incomes, pay-per-view bonuses, or discretionary post-fight bonuses are not publicly disclosed.

Main Card (Pay-per-view)
Jon Jones ($500,000 + no win bonus = $500,000) def. Ovince Saint Preux ($55,000)
Demetrious Johnson ($135,000 + $60,000 = $195,000) def. Henry Cejudo ($60,000)
Edson Barboza ($44,000 + $44,000 = $88,000) def. Anthony Pettis ($80,000)
Robert Whittaker ($30,000 + $30,000 = $60,000) def. Rafael Natal ($41,000)
Yair Rodriguez ($21,000 + $21,000 + $42,000) def. Andre Fili ($18,000)

Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 1)
Sergio Pettis ($24,000 + $24,000 = $48,000) def. Chris Kelades ($12,000)
Danny Roberts ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Dominique Steele ($12,000)
Carla Esparza ($30,000 + $30,000 = $60,000) def. Juliana Lima ($14,000)
James Vick ($15,000 + $15,000 = $30,000) def. Glaico Franca ($17,000)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Walt Harris ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Cody East ($10,000)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Clint Hester ($12,000)
Kevin Lee ($24,000 + $24,000 = $48,000) def. Efrain Escudero ($18,000)

LINK: UFC 197 salaries: Jon Jones earns $500,000 payday in UFC return

 

[teamquestnorth]

So Cejido made more than OSP?

 

[MMAHAWK]

Apparently the base pay is still $10,000 and not the $12,000 we thought it was changed to.

Walt Harris ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Cody East ($10,000)

 

[Severianb]

Carla Esparza still on that TUF Winner/former champion contract. $60,000 in her pocket, haters!

All kinds of Golden Sundaes up in this joint.

 

[dacofty]

its a disgrace that OSP stepped up and wasnt rewarded

 

[TheFifthScallop]

So Cejido made more than OSP?

He did fight for the REAL title. In fairness though, OSP should have been paid a bit more to get beat up by Jones.

 

[Priziesthorse]

So Cejido made more than OSP?

Nothing gets past you.

 

[delightone]

its a disgrace that OSP stepped up and wasnt rewarded

this a 100x the guy saved a card three weeks out, break him a piece of the pie

 

[maurice]

These are their contracted salaries and do not indicate whether OSP was rewarded for taking the fight on short notice.

discretionary post-fight bonuses are not publicly disclosed

 

[stielar]

Never lose a fight while fighting huge beasts = 500,000

Win some small guys, lose fights here and there but talk shit = 2,000,000

The world's going to hell.

 

[La Paix]

 

[Jonny Quest]

Mighty Mouse holds the strap and has defended it numerous times and Bones gets more than double his take. Demetrious is always getting fucked over.

 

[PrideRules]

They're all getting fucked over.

 

[Qat]

Mighty Mouse holds the strap and has defended it numerous times and Bones gets more than double his take. Demetrious is always getting fucked over.

He gets paid too though, and both get a PPV-cut I think.

OSP hopefully got a locker room bonus.
Same for Roberts and Steele, their fight was awesome, they deserve it.

 

[Sheepdog]

These are their contracted salaries and do not indicate whether OSP was rewarded for taking the fight on short notice.

I'm guessing you're a shill, but I will try to appeal to reason in a likely futile attempt. There is no evidence that these bonuses, when very rarely given, amount to anything more than 1/5 of fuck all. Nate Quarry, paid the amazing disclosed sum of 10 grand for a title fight and not one single cent more, can fill you in on reality, as can many others. I've heard Shane Carwin claim that he was looked after with a bonus for the Brock Lesnar fight, but that guy was only being paid 40 measly grand to fight in the main event of a card that did 1.1 million PPV buys. He must've caught his owners in a charitable mood after his fight just made them 10s of millions and we have no idea what they paid him. These are rare occurrences.

Why the fuck would the UFC ever pay its slaves more than a few extra scraps once in a while to try and avert outright rebellion? They wouldn't, and they don't. Remember when Chad Mendes got a big pay raise for the Conor fight? That was fully disclosed to the public. Why would they bother if they can just keep it secret? Why not just claim to pay every fighter 10 grand? Because that is what they are legally obligated to pay, and that's what the fighters actually get paid. They don't get paid from some nonsense secret regular bonus payroll that Zuffa would have to methodically develop an accounting governance structure around.

Point is an OSP who engaged in a shit fight with Jones likely received 0 bonus. Any extra money included in his salary for taking it on short notice would have been negotiated ahead of time and disclosed.

 

[Andrewsimar Palhardass]

Never lose a fight while fighting huge beasts = 500,000

Win some small guys, lose fights here and there but talk shit = 2,000,000

The world's going to hell.

Do you really not understand why Conor gets millions? Are we really gonna complain when a guy gets paid what he's worth?

 

[stielar]

Do you really not understand why Conor gets millions? Are we really gonna complain when a guy gets paid what he's worth?

Yes I understand why Conor gets millions. Because as soon as the world was done being brainfucked 10 years in a row by a series of "oh-my-god" lame jokes at the end of the friends sitcom in 2004, facebook and reality tv was thrown in the mix to seal the deal.

 

[Andrewsimar Palhardass]

Yes I understand why Conor gets millions. Because as soon as the world was done being brainfucked 10 years in a row by a series of "oh-my-god" lame jokes at the end of the friends sitcom in 2004, facebook and reality tv was thrown in the mix to seal the deal.

You lost me. Haha no idea what you are trying to say here. I'm sure it's poignant.

I do agree that Jones should get more than he currently does, but I don't think that the beef should be with Conor getting paid.

 

[maurice]

both get a PPV-cut I think.

They do. Jones mentioned in one of the pre-fight pressers that he makes "millions" per fight, and one of his brothers previously said that he makes more fighting for the UFC than they make playing for the NFL.