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With another Las Vegas UFC card out of the way, that means that the fighter pay was released quickly, and MMAFighting snapped it up. Here’s how everyone on the card stacked up income-wise (all winners’ pay is split 50/50 between show money and win bonus unless otherwise noted):
Prelims on UFC Fight Pass
Devin Clark: ($20,000) defeated Josh Stansbury ($12,000)
Anthony Smith ($30,000) defeated Elvis Mutapcic ($16,000)
Prelims on FOX Sports 1
Jamie Moyle ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) defeated Kailin Curran ($20,000)
“Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim ($20,000) defeated Brendan O’Reilly ($12,000)
Rob Font ($33,000) defeated Matt Schnell ($10,000)
Ryan Hall ($34,000) defeated Gray Maynard ($51,000)
Main Card on Fox Sports 1
Brandon Moreno ($24,000) defeatedRyan Benoit ($15,000)
Sara McMann ($56,000) defeated Alexis Davis ($27,000)
Jared Cannonier ($24,000) defeated Ion Cutelaba ($12,000)
Jorge Masvidal ($120,000) defeated Jake Ellenberger ($78,000)
Joseph Benavidez ($140,000) defeated Henry Cejudo ($50,000)
Demetrious Johnson ($350,000 with no win bonus) defeated Tim Elliott ($100,000)
It looks like there are some changes in the UFC’s payout strategies. In the past, TUF winners generally went up very slowly from the UFC minimum at the time (which currently appears to be $10,000) with escalators in maybe the $2,000 to show range per fight. Ryan Hall, in his first fight since winning TUF 22 a year ago at a $10,000/$10,000 purse, saw his show and win money nearly double to $17,000 on each side. Meanwhile, Tim Elliott, presumably due to the nature of TUF 24, got a big jump to $100,000 to show. That’s four times as much as Carla Esparez and Rose Namajunas were contracted to earn in the strawweight tournament finals of TUF 20, which took place two years ago.
