UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya walked away from 'Fight Island' with a reported $690,000 following his stunning performance against Paulo Costa.
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And 'The Last Stylebender' led the reported disclosed payroll for UFC 253, pocketing $690,000 which includes a $50,000 'Performance of the Night' bonus.
Heading home with the strap and an extra 50K :moneybag:
[ B2YB @P3Protein ] pic.twitter.com/y3R49JF0WL
- UFC (@ufc) September 27, 2020
Aside from the UFC middleweight king, five other UFC 253 fighters earned a six-figure purse: Jan Blachowicz, Costa, Dominick Reyes, Diego Sanchez and Jake Matthews.
In addition to their reported purses, Blachowicz, Brandon Royval and Kai Kara-France also banked $50,000 for post-fight related bonuses for their Octagon performances.
"It's not a dream right? It happened. I have the legendary Polish power, I proved it one more time, amazing."
- @JanBlachowicz takes the belt back to Poland after #UFC253! pic.twitter.com/nRrEFO5uWo
- UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) September 27, 2020
UFC 253 Payroll:
Israel Adesanya: $690,000 ($600,000 to show, $50,000 Performance of the Night, $40,000 fight week incentive pay)
Jan Blachowicz: $430,000 ($350,000 to show, $50,000 Performance of the Night, $30,000 fight week incentive pay)
Paulo Costa: $380,000 ($350,000 to show, $30,000 fight week incentive pay)
Dominick Reyes: $380,000 ($350,000 to show, $30,000 fight week incentive pay)
Diego Sanchez: $127,000 ($107,000 to show, $20,000 fight week incentive pay)
Jake Matthews: $114,000 ($52,000 to show, $52,000 win bonus, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)
Kai Kara-France: $82,000 ($27,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
Brandon Royval: $81,500 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
Ketlen Vieira: $71,000 ($33,000 to show, $33,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
Sijara Eubanks: $65,000 ($60,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
Hakeem Dawodu: $55,600 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 win bonus, $6,600 fine for missing weight, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
Juan Espino: $37,500 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
Brad Riddell: $31,500 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
Shane Young: $27,000 ($20,000 to show, $3,000 from Klein for missing weight, $4,000 fight week incentive pay)
William Knight: $23,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
Danilo Marques: $23,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
Ludovit Klein: $20,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $3,000 fine for missing weight, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
Zubaira Tukhugov: $20,400 ($22,000 to show, $6,600 fine for missing weight, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
Aleksa Camur: $17,000 ($12,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
Alex da Silva: $15,500 ($12,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
Jeff Hughes: $14,000 ($10,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay)
Khabis Ibragimov: $14,000 ($10,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay)
(H/T The Sports Daily)
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