10 Take Home Six Figures from UFC 232
New UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones was one of 10 fighters who ended up with a six-figure paycheck from UFC 232, held on Dec. 29 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
The California State Athletic Commission finalized the event’s salary information on Dec. 31. All four fighters who competed in title bouts on the pay-per-view card — Jones, Amanda Nunes, Alexander Gustafsson and Cris Cyborg — earned six figures. The remaining six included Carlos Condit, Corey Anderson, Alexander Volkanovski, Andrei Arlovski, B.J. Penn and Uriah Hall.
Nunes and Volkanovski earned an additional $50,000, not counted in the commission’s salaries, in UFC post-fight bonuses. Chad Mendes and Ryan Hall also earned $50,000 bonuses from the MMA promotion.
The full list of UFC 232 salaries from the CSAC can be found below. These figures do not include any sponsorship or pay-per-view revenue, as well as the previously mentioned UFC bonuses.
Main card:
Jon Jones ($500,000 + no win bonus = $500,000) def. Alexander Gustafsson ($500,000)
Amanda Nunes ($350,000 + no win bonus = $350,000) def. Cris Cyborg ($500,000)
Michael Chiesa ($48,000 + $48,000 = $96,000) def. Carlos Condit ($115,000)
Corey Anderson ($65,000 + $65,000 = $130,000) def. Ilir Latifi ($90,000)
Alexander Volkanovski ($65,000 + $60,000 = $125,000) def. Chad Mendes ($87,000)Preliminary card:
Walt Harris ($36,000 + $36,000 = $72,000) def. Andrei Arlovski ($300,000)
Megan Anderson ($30,000 + $30,000 = $60,000) def. Cat Zingano ($50,000)
Petr Yan ($26,000 + $26,000 = $52,000) def. Douglas Silva de Andrade ($21,000)
Ryan Hall ($19,000 + $19,000 = $38,000) def. B.J. Penn ($150,000)Early Prelims card:
Nathaniel Wood ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Andre Ewell ($12,000)
Uriah Hall ($55,000 + $55,000 = $110,000) def. Bevon Lewis ($12,000)
Curtis Millender ($18,000 + $18,000 = $36,000) def. Siyar Bahadurzada ($33,000)
Montel Jackson ($6,000* + $10,000 = $16,000*) def. Brian Kelleher ($23,000 + $4,000* = $27,000*)*Jackson forfeited 20 percent of his show purse to Kelleher for missing weight.
Original Story: MMA Fighting