Here’s the official breakdown of fighter pay for UFC 189. Keep in mind that this doesn’t include any “locker room bonuses” that the UFC is famous for handing out to fighters that work hard to promote their fights and that put on a good show, which was just about everybody at UFC 189.
Conor McGregor: $500,000 (No win bonus awarded.)
Chad Mendes: $500,000
Robbie Lawler: $300,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus)
Rory MacDonald: $59,000
Jeremy Stephens: $72,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
Dennis Bermudez: $34,000 (Was awarded 20% ($8k) of Stephens’ purse, since Jeremy missed weight.)
Gunnar Nelson: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus)
Brandon Thatch: $22,000
Thomas Almeida: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Brad Pickett: $30,000
Matt Brown: $92,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus)
Tim Means: $23,000
Alex Garcia: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Mike Swick: $48,000
John Howard: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
Cathal Pendred: $10,000
Cody Garbrandt: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Henry Briones: $10,000
Louis Smolka: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Neil Seery: $15,000
Cody Pfister: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Yosdenis Cedeno: $13,000
Curious what the fighters made from their Reebok sponsorship money? We’ve got the breakdown on the next page.
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