UFC 298 Salaries: Alexander Volkanovski ($750K), Robert Whittaker ($400K) Top Payroll

Alexander
Volkanovski
may have lost his featherweight title on Saturday
night, but he was nonetheless compensated quite nicely for his
efforts.

Volkanovski took home an event-high $750,000 for his second-round
knockout loss to Ilia
Topuria
($350,000) in the
UFC 298
headliner at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California,
on Saturday night. The 35-year-old Australian was one of 13
fighters who earned a six-figure payday, according to salary
figures released by the California State Athletic Commission.

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Meanwhile, former middleweight champion Robert
Whittaker
was the card’s second second biggest earner, as he
banked $400,000 for a unanimous decision triumph over Paulo Costa
($250,000) in the evening’s co-main event.

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 298 Salaries:

Ilia
Topuria
: $350,000
Alexander
Volkanovski
: $750,000

Robert
Whittaker
: $400,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
Paulo
Costa
: $250,000

Ian
Garry
: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus)
Geoff
Neal
: $108,000

Merab
Dvalishvili
: $210,000 (includes $105,000 win bonus)
Henry
Cejudo
: $150,000

Anthony
Hernandez
: $122,000 ( includes $66,000 win bonus)
Roman
Kopylov
: $80,000

Amanda
Lemos
: $160,000 ( includes $80,000 win bonus)
Mackenzie
Dern
: $200,000

Marcos
Rogerio de Lima
: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
Junior
Tafa
: $23,000

Rinya
Nakamura
: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
Carlos
Vera
: $12,000

Mingyang
Zhang
: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Brendson
Ribeiro
: $10,000

Danny
Barlow
: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Josh
Quinlan
: $12,000

Oban
Elliott
: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Valentine
Woodburn
: $15,000

Miranda
Maverick
: $150,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
Andrea
Lee
: $70,000

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