The biggest, baddest card in UFC history also had the biggest, baddest fighter pay. The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the disclosed payroll for UFC 200 and Brock Lesnar’s astonishing $2.5 million is a new record. His opponent Mark Hunt didn’t do too badly either as he walked away with $700,000. The overall pay for all fighters on this historic card came in at $6,979,000 which is also believed to be a company record.
Below is the full list of fighter pay outs from UFC 200.
Amanda Nunes: $100,000
Miesha Tate: $500,000
Brock Lesnar: $2,500,000
Mark Hunt: $700,000
Daniel Cormier: $500,000
Anderson Silva: $600,000
Jose Aldo: $500,000 (includes a $100,000 win bonus)
Frankie Edgar: $190,000
Cain Velasquez: $300,000
Travis Browne: $120,000
Julianna Pena: $64,000 (includes a $32,000 win bonus)
Cat Zingano: $35,000
Kelvin Gastelum: $86,000 (includes a $33,000 win bonus as well as $20,000 from Hendricks’ purse)
Johny Hendricks: $80,000 (Hendricks forfeited 20% of his original $100,000 show money to Gastelum for missing weight)
T.J. Dillashaw: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
Raphael Assuncao: $42,000
Sage Northcutt: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Enrique Marin: $13,000
Joe Lauzon: $108,000 (includes $54,000 win bonus)
Diego Sanchez: $80,000
Gegard Mousasi: $110,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)
Thiago Santos: $28,000
Jim Miller: $118,000 (includes $59,000 win bonus)
Takanori Gomi: $55,000
Amanda Nunes, Cain Velasquez, Joe Lauzon and Gegard Mousasi also received $50,000 performance of the night bonuses in addition to the above salaries.