Kamaru
Usman didn’t leave UFC
278 with the welterweight belt, but he did take home the
highest disclosed payday of anyone on the card.
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“The Nigerian Nightmare” earned $500,000 for his fifth-round
knockout loss to Leon
Edwards in the main event of the Aug. 20 card, which took place
at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. Edwards, the newly crowned
champion, garnered $350,000 in victory. The Pete Suazo Utah
Athletic Commission recently released a full list of salaries from
the event.
Elsewhere, ex-featherweight king Jose Aldo
earned $400,000 in a unanimous decision loss to Merab
Dvalishvili ($198,000) in a 135-pound matchup on the evening’s
main card. All told, seven fighters secured six-figure salaries,
including Paulo Costa
($130,000), Luke
Rockhold ($200,000) and Marcin
Tybura ($240,000).
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ESPN+ Note: The disclosed purses reported by
state athletic commissions do not include any performance-based or
discretionary bonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the
promotion. Additionally, the reported figures do not reflect any
deductions made by the commission for taxes, insurance, etc., and
do not include any sponsorship money that a fighter may acquire for
their performance.
UFC 278 Salaries:
Leon
Edwards: $350,000
Kamaru
Usman: $500,000
Paulo
Costa: $130,000 (includes $65,000 win bonus)
Luke
Rockhold: $200,000
Merba Dvalishvili: $198,000 (includes $99,000 win bonus)
Jose
Aldo: $400,000
Lucie
Pudilova: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
Yanan
Wu: $20,000
Tyson
Pedro: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus)
Harry
Hunsucker: $12,000
Marcin
Tybura: $240,000 (includes $120,000 win bonus)
Alexander
Romanov: $36,000
Jared
Gordon: $94,000 (includes $47,000 win bonus)
Leonardo
Santos ($44,000)
Sean
Woodson: $24,000
Luis
Saldana: $14,000
Ange
Loosa: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
A.J.
Fletcher: $10,000
Amir
Albazi: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
Francisco
Figueiredo: $14,000
Qileng
Aori: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Jay
Perrin: $12,000
Victor
Altamirano $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Daniel
Lacerda ($10,000)