UFC 253 Purses And Post-Fight Bonuses Revealed As Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya Tops Card

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya walked away from 'Fight Island' with a reported $690,000 following his stunning performance against Paulo Costa.

Adesanya stopped Costa to defend his UFC middleweight title at UFC 253 on Saturday.

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.

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.

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)

Topics: Jan Blachowicz, UFC News, UFC 253, Fight News, Dominick Reyes, UFC, Dana White, Israel Adesanya

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