The UFC on ESPN 9 headliners were paid as such, respective to the rest of the card.
According to a Nevada State Athletic Commission (NAC) document acquired by MMA Junkie on Monday, former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley topped the list of highest earners with a $200,000 paydays, despite his loss to Gilbert Burns, who earned $164,000.
Two other fighters earned six figures. Co-main event winner Augusto Sakai earned $100,000 in a winning effort against Blagoy Ivanov. Former UFC women’s flyweight title challenger Katlyn Chookagian took home $120,000 for her victory over Antonina Shevchenko in the featured prelim bout.
UFC on ESPN 9 took place Saturday at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card and prelims simulcasted on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full list of UFC on ESPN+ 29 salaries included:
- Gilbert Burns: $164,000 (includes $84,000 win bonus) def. Tyron Woodley: ($200,000)
- Augusto Sakai: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Blagoy Ivanov ($60,000)
- Billy Quarantillo: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Spike Carlyle: $12,000
- Roosevelt Roberts: $44,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus) def. Brok Weaver $12,000
- Mackenzie Dern: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus) def. Hannah Cifers: $25,000
- Katlyn Chookagian: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus) def. Antonina Shevchenko: $35,000
- Daniel Rodriguez: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Gabriel Green: $12,000
- Jamahal Hill: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Klidson Abreu: $18,000
- Brandon Royval: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Tim Elliott: $31,000
- Casey Kenney: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus) def. Louis Smolka: $48,000
- Chris Gutierrez: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Vince Morales: $20,000
The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, including the official UFC on ESPN 9 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC sometimes pays. They also do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC 249 fight-night bonuses to Burns and Dern for “Performance of the Night,” and Royval and Elliott for “Fight of the Night.”
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
