UFC 214 Fighter Payouts: Daniel Cormier Leads Way With $1 Million Dollar Purse
Daniel Cormier (photo via UFC)
By FCF Staff
The California State Athletic Commission has released the disclosed payouts for Saturday’s UFC 214 card, and Daniel Cormier led the way with a $1 million dollar purse.
Cormier was stopped by Jon Jones in the third round of the card’s main event. The latter, and now light-heavyweight champ, was paid $500,000.
Below are the purses the UFC disclosed to the CSAC (via MMA Junkie). The figure on the right includes any win bonus a fighter received, but does not include any money that they may have earned via pay-per-view dividends or discretionary bonuses.
Jon Jones: $500,000
def. Daniel Cormier: $1,000,000
Tyron Woodley: $500,000
def. Demian Maia: $110,000
Cristiane Justino: $200,000
def. Tonya Evinger: $100,000
Robbie Lawler: $300,000 ($100,000 win bonus)
def. Donald Cerrone: $155,000
Volkan Oezdemir: $110,000 ($30,000 win bonus)
def. Jimi Manuwa: $120,000
Ricardo Lamas: $106,000 ($53,000 win bonus)
def. Jason Knight $31,000
Aljamain Sterling: $66,000 ($33,000 win bonus)
def. Renan Barao: $53,000
Brian Ortega: $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus)
def. Ricardo Moicano: $23,000
Calvin Kattar: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
def. Andre Fili: $24,000
Alexandra Albu: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Kailin Curran: $20,000
Jarred Brooks: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
def. Eric Shelton: $10,000
Drew Dober: $44,000 ($22,000 win bonus)
def. Josh Burkman $54,000
